Made the background by painting the canvas brown. Added the texture in overlay mode, and then added it again rotating it clockwise 90 degrees. I then altered the brightness and contrast.
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Added the cross.
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Added the angel. Repositioned her hands to go on the cross correctly.
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Added the reaper. Made a bra out of her bikini bottom. Also added some shading for the bra.
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Started making brightness adjustments. Also added some ground shadows and used dodge/burn for shading and shadows.
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Started making lighting adjustments to the overall image.
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Drew on a sun and the light beams.
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Used lighting effect to emphasize the sun and darken other parts of the image.