Create a Fiery City War Scene in Photoshop

Step 25- The model

Place the model at the image and select all with the magic wand tool or the lasso tool

Step 26 – Layer mask

After you have the selection create a layer mask and instantly you will have only the model without the background

Step 27 – Gas Mask

Repeat the process before to cut the gas mask, press ctrl+ T to change the size of the mask to fit the model.

Step 28 – Helmet

Pick the same color of the helmet pressing ctrl+ I and then in a new layer paint over the star and reflections of the helmet.

Step 29 – Radioactive

In the model’s weapon paint with a brush a radioactive symbol, use layer in overlay mode.

Duplicate the symbol and put it in the model’s shoulder change the layer mode to divide.

Step 30 – Bullets

Add some bullets repeat the process you did with the mask and duplicate the layer ( ctrl+J) to have 2 bullets.

Step 31 – Dirt

Create a new layer and with a chalmy brush paint over the model’s skin with a dark brown tone to create dirt. Go to the brush menu and click the option shape dynamics, use size jitter in 10% and Angle jitter in 82% Also use the spacing in 90%

You are ready to paint.

Step 32 – Suit

Change the tone to a gray tone and paint in the model’s suit . Use the same configuration of the brush

Step 33 – Blood and Cuts

Create some cuts and blood in the model, to do this pick a soft round brush with 3px or 2px and paint.

Step 34 – Shadow

Make the shadow of the model in a new layer with a soft round black brush use 150px size and 50% of opacity

Step 35 – Light

Paint with a soft round brush over the model’s suit.

Then reduce the opacity of the layer to 80% and change the mode to color dodge

Step 36 – Ground

Repeat that process on the ground near the model, to make the effect that the ground is reflecting the light from the fire of the scene. Use a orange tone and layer mode in color dodge also the opacity can be 40%

Step 37 – City Strokes

With a soft round orange brush (2px size) make strokes over the top of the buildings to create lighting

Step 38 – Model Light

With the same orange tone paint over the model to create the lighting, you can also add some Gaussian blur(Filter-Blur-Gaussian Blur) to give a softer look, add 15% of radius in the Gaussian Blur

Step 39 – Radioactive Sign

Place the radioactive sign and select the sign and add a layer mask to hide the rest. Press Ctrl+T to change the size

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