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Here's a before and after breakdown of one of my biggest photoshop artworks:
I got all the raw files and images from the creator and the internet
Then i started by blocking out the background and cutting together the key background elements
Then i slowly worked my way to the foreground sections.
One THING i always do is to imagine the image like im staring through a camera lens, that's how i decide how the light will behave and the perspective of the image, then i build everything else from that perspective and Light source.
Then after blocking out the images and masking out what i need to i move onto color correction🔥
Adjusting Contrast and Levels
Color balance and Base color correction to create uniformity in color values between all the various images used in the composite, as these images are shot and gotten from different scenes, different cameras, different photographers or creators.
Then I pick my Primary and Secondary colors for the light sources (Purple, Green and Some ORANGE For this particular edit)
and then i start my FAVORITE PART😍
Color grading
Shading and Highlights
Then i take everything into camera raw and add my final filters and effects and Voila... its done.
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