Oh man, I had so much FUN doing this one. I've never been a Harry Potter fan myself, actually when the hype was on, I believe I read the first three books but never quite fully engaged. And then, every now and then when a movie was on, I would catch a few tidbits here and there. Until last month, that I decided that I would watch the whole series from the beginning. And I'm glad I did, the whole thing is AMAZING. Of course I was inspired to do a photoshop manipulation within that universe. And here it is: Expecto Patronum!
From the start, I knew two things: that I wanted Hogwarts up there burning, and it would be focused in a battle happening in some kind of staircase at the bottom. Then the search for the perfect assets began. For this one, it wasn't particularly difficult to find those pictures. Always using pixabay.com, pexels.com, unsplash.com and the dementor one is from AdobeStock.
I had a blast doing it, and of course, there's a speed art video for it. But for educational purposes, I'll start to upload the normal version too so you can really follow through my process.
On this one, you can learn: - Change backgrounds;
- Change the color of clothes;
- How to do the lighting with brushes;
- Selection using the pen tool, quick selection, lasso and polygonal lasso;
- How to cast realistic shadows using the objects' real shadow. (that's really useful!) You can watch the speed art here:
Hope you guys like it!
See ya!