A Work in Progress: Castle Highwind



This guide was made for entry:
Castle Highwind
In Contest:
castle designs


step 1 of 9

Created a bg with the gradient tool. Then brushed the distant mountains and part of the sea.

Creation of Castle Highwind: Step 1

step 2 of 9

Put some details in the mountains and added a some clouds.

Creation of Castle Highwind: Step 2

step 3 of 9

Created the foreground of the background.

Creation of Castle Highwind: Step 3

step 4 of 9

Used the brushtool for the trees. I use a graphic tablet and a "hard" brush to get a ruff effect, not the standard brushtool.

Creation of Castle Highwind: Step 4

step 5 of 9

Another tree in the foreground. Again used all sorts of scatter and hard brushes with a small pixelsize.

Creation of Castle Highwind: Step 5

step 6 of 9

Brushed the leaves, again with a scatter brush. This time a large pixelsize.(25-50px)

Creation of Castle Highwind: Step 6

step 7 of 9

Created the castle. When you draw buildings, make sure you decide quikly where the lightsource is coming from.

Creation of Castle Highwind: Step 7

step 8 of 9

Details in the castle, thats just a lot of zooming and using small brushes.(2-5px)

Creation of Castle Highwind: Step 8

step 9 of 9

Made the first part of the castle the livingspace, the back became the fortress.

Creation of Castle Highwind: Step 9

Final result

Creation of Castle Highwind: Final Result

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Comments

avatar hereisanoop

amazing job

(5 years and 3465 days ago)