A Work in Progress: Fly by Night

This guide was made for entry:
Fly by Night
In Contest:
owls dd

step 1 of 8

I started by filling in the background with a dark blue. A large basic brush was used to make the moon and a soft, large brush, the moon glow. I used a natural brush and did a light burn on the moon. I put the owl source picture as the top layer and below that, sketched out the basic shape of the owl.

step 2 of 8

I filled in the sketch and used several different layers to make the head. I smudged the colors to give them a softer look.

step 3 of 8

Using my source as a guide, I started on the wing. I used a soft brush to fill in the wing area, then used the eraser tool to make the striped feathers.

step 4 of 8

More layers, paint and smudge.

step 5 of 8

The completed wing and belly.

step 6 of 8

The back wing.

step 7 of 8

I used a very large soft brush with very low opacity to create the shadow.

step 8 of 8

I reduced the saturation and placed the moon.

Final result

Votes

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kushpatel
mazanda
George55
MossyB
Score: 10

Comments

MossyB says:

Very well drawn and explained. Nice guide, nice work.

(5 years and 3158 days ago)

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