Dawn Forest

This is my first ever speedpaint and my first ever successful digitally created background. I can't even say how excited I am to have finally drawn/painted a background I'm proud of! It's a little sloppy and I need to look around for some better leaf brushes, but... yay!!

I could not have done this at all without this brilliant tutorial ([link]) by =tanathe. I'd never properly grasped the concept of layering from no detail to full detail one step at a time until I saw it here in wonderful video. I also used this deviation ([link]) as a reference.

Thank you =tanathe!

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Photoshop CS5
Bamboo Capture
Approx. 1 hour