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I decided to base one of my final painted backgrounds on a storyboard I jotted down a few weeks ago set in a remote fantasy land. My photoshop skills have definitely improved since the beginning! I got the hang of creating shadow and a sense of mass, ultimately I went a bit mad on the smudge tool but I'm sure I'll get bored of it soon. 

When it came to colouring I wasn't sure which angle to take - the tones in the top picture are what you'd expect a fantasy land of this nature to look like, but that bugged me. I didn't want to fall into the trap of the obvious! Below shows the changes I made, the scene seems a lot grittier and the mushroom house roof has become a lot more prominent. 

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