Original image
step 1 of 16
Begin with a basic sketch
step 2 of 16
Use the pentool to draw the basic shapes
step 3 of 16
Pick a piece of the wall texture, use levels to increase the contrast and place it into the dragon shape in overlay mode
step 4 of 16
Repeat to fill the entire body, don't, warp the texture pieces to wrap them around the body.
step 5 of 16
Use the rectangular marquee tool to pick a square piece of the wall texture, copy and paste it, apply Filter > Distort Polar coordinates... to make it circular
step 6 of 16
Apply a piece of the stone at the bottom of the image to the horns and the claws.
step 7 of 16
And texture from the wall again to the belly/chest.
step 8 of 16
Use the broken tree to make the trunk of the flower and the leafs.
step 9 of 16
Pick the stalactites from the left to make the petals
step 10 of 16
and a piece of the stone to make the centre
step 11 of 16
On a new layer in multiply mode begin to paint the basic shadows.
step 12 of 16
Use some Hue/saturation adjustment layers to add more color and improve the shadows,
step 13 of 16
And another layer in overlay mode to add lightness.
step 14 of 16
Use soft (white) brushes with low opacity to paint some light.
step 15 of 16
and continue painting to blend the dragon body border, now with smaller brushes
step 16 of 16
Lowered the global saturation (ctrl+u)
Final result
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very useful....
(5 years and 3583 days ago)Thanks for this fantastic step by step
(5 years and 3575 days ago)