Photoshop of Horrors - Part 2

Another iteration of the same piece (it's a big image, so apologies for the long download).



Pardon the self-indulgence here, but the novelty of this whole thing hasn't worn off yet.

As you can see, some new elements have been added and others removed. The little silhouetted creatures lurking on the ground, for example, are now airbrushed and smudged out of the picture. They seemed a little goofy, even taking into consideration the general comic book vibe of the drawing. I also lightened the whole thing by removing two layers of background color which I started to feel were overkill.

After that came the texture to the sky. That's just a close up photo of a metal lantern I have here at home with a leaf pattern in it. The photo was imported, converted to grayscale, scuffed up a little and then faded into the background. The light and dark patches worked out well and I like that it was an element that stuck to the flora motif.

Next were the branches and buildings at the bottom, which were just found images doctored up, chopped and faded. The branches make sense for obvious reasons; the buildings are there because of the story behind this character (and that's a very long story, indeed). More branches in the upper corners may be in order but I want to play with some text first and see what happens.

I think it's starting to look rather Metal, don't you think? I'm not done messing with it yet. I need to put some stuff in the sky. Text seems appropriate. Which text? That is the question...