Gradient layer on bottom (radial mode) with cloud layer over it blend set to lighten. Some adjustment to levels was made.
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added dragon over the gradient layer the color of dragon was changed with the color replacement brush
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Adding fonts. Bleeding Cowboys with outer glow and drop shadow FX
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Made the shape for my book using the pen tool. This was filled with a render fiber. The pages made the same way with pen tool, this shape was filled with add noise about 18% monochromatic to this I applied the motion blur filter. Some shadow work done with brush.
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The table is a layer filled with fiber render filter. To this I used the liquefy filter to make some knotty effects. This layer was skewed for perspective.
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The front book cover was skewed to perspective. A little warp added and some shadow. the bottom of book cover was done with brush.
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The back binder portion of book cover made by filling a rectangle shape with color and skewing it into shape. Text added. Final adjustments made with exposure blend layer.