We need to paint in some huge shadow for the mountain all over the left of the landscape. To have complete control over this process we will use a Levels layer. On the mountain stack, create a new Levels layer and start by bringing everything down darker. Fill the layer with black so it’s all gone and paint in with white only where you want the shadow to fall. Again, always keep in mind the position of the light source.
Enhance the sand
Now we’ll paint in some sand that piles up to the mountain.Find the mountain layer and create a new layer on top. With the Chalk 23 brush, at about 1-2px size, start painting in sand over the lower part of the mountains. Remember, we always do our painting with Transfer enabled, controlled by Pen Pressure. Follow the shapes of the PRXQWDLQVDQGSLOHXSPRUHVDQGRQWKHÁDWWHUVXUIDFHV
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Once we have the shadow where we want it, we will adjust the Levels layer to change the hue and depth so they match the rest of the image. We will accomplish this by adjusting the levels of the colours separately. So, if we go into the Yellow channel we can play with the blue/yellow amount our shadow has and if we go to the Green channel we can adjust the JUHHQPDJHQWDLQÁXHQFHRQWKHVKDGLQJComplete the mountain
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Include live elements
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Insert detailed shadow
We will go about this the same way as we did the tower, adding shadow using the camel layer itself then duplicating, darkening and distorting it into position. Finalise it with a bit of adjustment from the Warp tool, set its mode to Multiply and reduce the Opacity to about 46%. Finally adjust the colour balance directly so the shadow is a bit colder.Finish your adjustments
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The concept was initially created on a sheet of paper.
I later took a photograph and continued working on it digitally. At fi rst I thought it would be a horizontal work, but it turned out that it would look better in a vertical position.
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The idea for this project was to create an alien landscape. One evening I was making sketches on a sheet of paper when I came up with an idea of a deserted spaceship, or maybe only its engine. In fact, it looks like a skeleton of a gigantic, extinct animal. Was this animal specially adapted for the creation of a huge machine or was it a product of evolution? Or maybe it’s something else? I prefer viewers to make their own minds up.
In this tutorial I will explain how to create an
otherworldly landscape using only ZBrush. With this one program you can complete the modelling, create your own alphas (used to model the scene by texturing), create materials, set up the scene, choose an effective perspective and lighting, and even make your fi nal render. The compositing and colour correction will be fi nished up in Photoshop. Read on and follow the tutorial to fi nd out how it’s done so you can create your own.