Create This Surreal and Medieval Style of a Battlefield in Photoshop

Step 14

Use hard round brush and mask area with mountains.

Step 15

Add new layer. (Shift + Ctrl + N or marked shortcut). Use big, soft round brush, choose #a9a9a9 color, set brush opacity to 50%. You’ll create lights on mountains – draw some blurred dots on the edges of mountains, where light goes. For better effect on the left top, You can use #2e2e2e color and draw a few dots.

Step 16

Change blending mode to Color Burn and decrease opacity to 27%.

Step 17

Duplicate created layer – drag it and drop to new layer symbol or go to Layer > Duplicate layer.

Step 18

Change blending mode to Screen and decrease opacity of this layer to 6%

Step 19

Add new layer. (Shift + Ctrl + N or marked shortcut). Use big, soft round brush, choose #c8b998 color. You’ll create lights on mountains – draw strokes on the edges of mountains, where light goes.

Step 20

Change blending mode to Linear dodge (Add), decrease its opacity to 22%.

Step 21

Place “Grass clumps 04” stock to your file. Set it as is shown. Create ground! Here’s no need to worry about color adjustments.

Step 22

Place “Golden Rune Sword”, transform it as is shown.

Step 23

Mask sword with hard round brush.

Step 24

Add new adjustment layer with Color Balance. Go to Layer > New adjustment layer > Color Balance or use marked shortcut. Then, right-click on this layer and choose “Create clipping mask” (Alt+Ctrl+G or Layer > Create Clipping Mask).

Step 25

Then, add new adjustment layer with Hue/Saturation. Go to Layer > New adjustment layer > Hue/Saturation or use marked shortcut. Next, right-click on this layer and choose “Create clipping mask” (Alt+Ctrl+G or Layer > Create Clipping Mask).

Step 26

Add new layer (Layer > New > Layer… , Shift + Ctrl + N or marked shortcut). Follow the light source and draw shadows on sword hilt. Use small, soft round brush with dynamic pressure size, set #232827 color and draw gently strokes. Next, right-click on this layer and choose “Create clipping mask” (Alt+Ctrl+G or Layer > Create Clipping Mask).

Change blending mode of this layer to Linear burn and decrease its opacity to 55%.

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