In this tutorial photoshop we will try to listen about a manga "fairy tale".in concept we will make a ecology in fairy tale
Create a document with size 1200×800 pixels. Fill the background with a linear top-down gradient with color from #CCCCCC to #FFFFFF
Select the Pen tool, set it to Shape Layers mode at the top menu and draw a simple shape for the pebble that you want it to be. You can fill the shape with any color for now
Select the Pen tool, set it to Shape Layers mode at the top menu and draw a simple shape for the pebble that you want it to be. You can fill the shape with any color for now
find a Sand Texture to your personal liking, otherwise you can download the one I used here from Texturise.com. Position the texture so that it covers the whole pebble. Right-click on the pebble layer to load its selection, then click on the Add Vector Mask button
Repeat the same process for the grass texture. You can download the one I am using here, made from FrozenStocks. Select the grass layer and go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen to bring out more details
Select the Brush tool open up the Brush Preset Picker panel. Look for the brush named Chalk 60 pixels. Set the Foreground Color to #000000. Now click on the black and white mask on the Grass layer and start paint around the border of the pebble shape
apply a Drop Shadow layer style to the grass. Set the angle to 90 degrees. This is roughly what you will get. Let us now work on the sand texture
apply a Drop Shadow layer style to the grass. Set the angle to 90 degrees. This is roughly what you will get. Let us now work on the sand texture
Repeat this process a few more times, considering the light source coming from top left
Unhide the earlier pebble shape layer you drawn. Right-click on the layer and choose Rasterize. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the Radius to 5 pixels then the layer Opacity to 40%. Select Edit > Free Transform and scale it vertically downwards as shown in the diagram below
You have the basic shadow for your pebble already but we also need to enhance the shadow where the pebble is actually touching the floor
Zoom in so we can get a better view. Using the black paint brush with a smaller size this time, paint at the part where you want the pebble to touch the floor
And there you have your first pebble! Make more pebbles in various shapes and sizes to fill up the document
I want to make it more fantasy-like and there is a beautiful stock gallery provided by Shoofly Stock. The high quality items inside is able to fill up your pebbles in a variety of themes
start off with filling in the trees and plants
made a layer below them and paint in shadows using the Soft-Rounded Paint Brush tool
This is an overview of how it is like after filling in the greens. Remember to leave spaces for theme objects
inserted a few fantasy-themed objects like the shoe house, walking tree and stone hut.
That is all and I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
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