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| Now it blends better, but the green grass and the purple nebula stands out a bit too much. So I will give the grass a purple tint. To do this I select the grass layer and then go image > duplicate. (So we have the original layer if we make any mistakes.) Then on the duplicated layer I go to image > adjustments > hue & saturation. Then I experiment with the sliders until I have reached the desired effect. I also brought the moon layer back, cut the moon out and gave it a purple tint by using the hue and saturation again. |
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The background is now prepared, so I will bring the horse layer back. I will adjust the hue & saturation of the horse as well, so it has a purple tint and also matches the background.
As you can see the feet don't blend with the background, so I will select the horse layer and add a layer mask as seen in step 3. But instead of using a soft round default photoshop brush, I will select the default photoshop grass brush. Once you have selected the grass brush go to window > brushes.
If the 'colour dynamics' has a 'tick' next to it, select it so it's unchecked. Then use the brush on the layer mask where the horses hooves are, to blend it into the grass background. |
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| Now for the mane and tail. To do the mane and tail I create a new layer above the horse layer. Then I colour pick purple colour from the horse's body. A colour that isn't too dark, but not to light. Then I change my brush to a hard round default brush and begin to sketch the basic shape of the mane and tail. So far I have only erased part of the previous mane and re-painted the new one using two colours. |
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| Now I will go in and make the mane and tail thicker and add highlights and lowlights to give it life. Basically I just keep making strands following the flow of the horses mane and tail, starting with a large round brush and making it smaller as the mane gets thicker and not so 'transparent.' You can see a close up of the mane and tail below. |
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