This was my first attempt at drawing a background in Photoshop, I first sketched it so I could understand the perspective. Since the reference I was using had an irregular angle that I had to change slightly.
Once I did that I used blocks of colour to carve out the values and see if the green hue would mess with the perception that its a train, since my reference was realistic colours . I tried to use the lasso tool but found it was easier to just paint it by hand, however this did take a lot longer. I think it would have been easier to draw this if I separated it with layers more so I could use bigger brushes on the bottom layers and add more detail over the top, since this is something I struggled with while drawing.
This is the drawing after more detail however its still not finished.
This drawing was much easier and quicker to do, it could be because the reference was simpler or because i’m more comfortable using the brushes on Photoshop, but i was also more organised throughout the drawing process so i wasn’t going back over details like I had to in the drawing before. However all the colouring is still one one layer and if i was going to add further textures and detail I would add more layers over top.
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