VD 2 Lava Post 1

Lava!
This was the topic for today.

In the lesson plan we were told how to make a good looking lava texture. After that we took. the image of a clay model monster which was made and place it in to Photoshop where we had to make it into a lava monster.

I first made a some simple orange and red lines all of the model to show the lava, then to make them seem real i got a pre existing lava texture and pasted it over the top on and overlay layer to give and swirling effect.

I was suprized with how good it look with just that so i felt it was ready to put in to a scene so i brought in a back ground image of a burning city where this monster could be crashing through destroying everything in a Clover Field like fashion.

After he was in the scene i did some more shading to match him in to the background with the burn and dodge tool,

The final piece looks great ! I'm so pleased with the way it has come out, its one of my few full scene drawings i have done Photo shop and i think it looks really good.

Some things i could improve would the fact that on the edges of him he tends to get lost in the scene with all the reds and oranges around him.