My own photograph.
Not the best one I know, but I really liked how these to ladybugs chilled on a leaf together like this.
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My own photograph.
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For the ladybugs I used a simple round brush at different opacity levels. Then I used the blur tool to smooth out some of the lines.
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The middle of the leaf wasn't done because I already knew that the ladybugs were going to sit there. I used a brush that I made that looks like a few blades of grass to add the texture to the leaf.