How to Create an Awesome Fiery Grim Reaper by Combining Images

Step 41

Create new layer and with the chalk brush paint some orange color (#8c1a12) into the cracks.

Step 42

Double click the painted layer you just created and use the settings shown below.

Step 43

Create a new layer and change the blending mode to Overlay. With a soft brush at 10% Opacity paint with white over the cracks in order to make them brighter.

Step 44

Create another layer and change the blending mode to Overlay. Choose # 5e0600 as foreground color and with the same soft round brush at 20% Opacity paint over the cracks again in order to make them look hot.

Step 45

Create a new layer and change the blending mode to Color Dodge. Choose # ff1100 as foreground color and paint again over the cracks with the soft brush to add a powerful glow.

Step 46

Group all the crack layers together (the texture and the following painted layers). Duplicate the group and move it over the head of the death figure. Resize it a bit. Add a layer mask to show the cracks only on the head area.

Step 47

Group all the groups and layers that we created until now related to the death figure.

Step 48

Create a new layer (or two) and import the bird brush. Create two groups of black birds in the scene.

Step 49

Open the file “Cross”. Copy and the paste the cross into our scene. Convert it to smart object and position it as shown below.

Step 50

Create a Curves Adjustment layer and clip it to the cross layer. Drag the curve down to darken. Group the Curves and the cross layer together and name the group “Cross”.

Step 51

Duplicate the “Cross” group and using the free transform resize and place it as shown below.

Step 52

Open the file “House”. Make a selection of the house. Copy and paste the house in our scene. Convert the house to smart object and place as shown below. Lower the opacity to 60%.

Step 53

Create a new layer and using a yellow color (#f5dd16) and paint some light on the indicated window of the house. Group the house and the light layer together.

Step 54

Create a new layer and using the smoke brush create some smoke over the house and the crosses.

Step 55

With the flame brushes you imported earlier and a dark orange color (#b45c24) paint some flames in the areas indicated below.

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