A Work in Progress: truce



This guide was made for entry:
truce
In Contest:
big sword


Original image


step 1 of 8

in a new document go to filter-render-clouds (light blue and white)
erase in the middle with a soft brush

Creation of truce: Step 1

step 2 of 8

new layer, fill with #4a5f6d color, set to Multiply and 34% of opacity

Creation of truce: Step 2

step 3 of 8

add a gradient map layer to the last one, colors (#200e3b to #f7da83)

Creation of truce: Step 3

step 4 of 8

add a piece of grass

Creation of truce: Step 4
sources used for this step:

step 5 of 8

in a new layer add a border to the piece of grass
in a new layer add shadow with light brush, then apply gaussian blur
in a new layer add clouds (please find in the source)

Creation of truce: Step 5

step 6 of 8

in the top of the layers paste the original image of this contest (thanks mqtrf), obviously you cut it out before you paste.
Add a new hue/saturation layer for this image:
All (0, -39, +5)
Greens (-172, -100, +100)

Creation of truce: Step 6

step 7 of 8

In a new layer paint with green color and in low opacity all the vegetation in the base of the spade/rose, set the layer to Color.
Add a new layer in the top and paint another cloud from the previous brushes with low opacity again.

Creation of truce: Step 7

step 8 of 8

In the last step 5 adjustment layers to the whole document:
1.-Gradient map:
colors (#290a5a-#ffe99d)
set to soft light, op. 35%
2.-Black and white:
159,143,-17,88,-4,-43
set to soft light, op. 48%
3.-Selective color:
Black (0,+2,+3,-10)
4.-Color Balance:
shadows (+5,-1,-8)
midtones (-3,0,+5)
highlights (0,+1,-8)
5.-Lightroom
(+49,-19)

I hope you ejoyed it!!

Creation of truce: Step 8

Final result

Creation of truce: Final Result

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