Manipulation Tutorial: Part 3

Nanarc's Manipulation Tutorial Part 3: Backgrounds

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This is just how I did this background, but backgrounds vary from image to image. I thought this had a few differen't techniques in it though for you (like the sky, water reflections, shadowing, and paws in the water... etc.

I didn't put the image for the last steps because that's my final piece (which I'll be uploading shortly). <3 I did end up dodgine a few areas in the water and on the wolf a bit for highlight though too.

Part 1: Fur Smudging [link]
Part 2: Fur Coloring [link]

FINAL PRODUCT: [link]