How to Create a Fantasy Creature with Adobe Photoshop

Create a new layer below the wing layer and use a soft brush with the color #201b11, the opacity about 20%to paint shadow for the wing on the neck of the giraffe.

Step 39

Open the horn image and cut out the right horn ( from the viewer) to add to the giraffe’s head. Flip it horizontally by choosing Edit > Transform >Flip Horizontal.

Go to Edit > Puppet Warpand use the pins to tweak the horn to be more straight.

Add a mask to this layer to remove the bottom and blend it with the hairy head.

Step 40

Duplicate this layer and set this below the first one. Use its layer mask to erase the middle of the horn to make it appear onanother side of the head. Use Ctrl+T to make it a bit smaller than the firstone.

Step 41

Create a group for the horns and make a Color Balanceadjustment layer within this group.. Alter the Midtones settings:

Step 42

Make a Curvesadjustment layer to brighten the front of the horns. Paint on the rest to keep its lightness.

Step 43

To make shadow for the creature, select the giraffe, fins and legs group and right click them, choose Merge Layers. Move the merged layer above the top of the layers and hit Ctrlwhile clicking this thumbnail layer to load its selection. Fill this selection with the color #201b11and convert it to a Smart Object. Flip it vertically and use Ctrl+Tto distort this shadow to fit the main light source from the right.

Step 44

Lower the opacity of this layer to 40%and apply a Gaussian Blur of 6 pxto soften this shadow. Add a mask to this layer to remove the parts which cover the feet.

Step 45

Open the grass image and take the blades to add to both sides of the foreground. You can duplicate, resize them to make them appear different. Right click each of these layers and choose Convert to a Smart Object.

Apply a Gaussian Blur of 6 pxfor all of these blades layers.

Step 46

Create a group for the blades layers and add a Color Balanceadjustment layer to change the blades’ color a bit.

Make a Curvesadjustment to brighten the top of the blades. Use a soft black brush with the opacity about15-20%to reduce the light on the bottom.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6