Melodie of a bright day painting Tutorial

Step 5:

I worked more on the tiles, brightened them up, changed the contrast respectively to the lighting. As you might notice I completely repainted the piano, since my first one looked absolutely horrible. Only problem was that floor and piano had been on one layer, so I had to overpaint the piano with new tiles first, then sketch a new one. I looked at some references of several grand pianos to get the shape right this time.

Step 6:

A lot more refinement and detailing on the piano, and on the person. As you can see I painted the single strings, supporters and so on inside of the piano. I also added its feet and a shadow.

Step 7:

Big step, uh? Added the light rays, which add a lot to the atmosphere of the piece. I also revamped the reflection, which had been bugging me before. I got myself some mirroring materials and experimented a little to see how it would be right. I felt the bottom left corner looked a little blank, so I added another curtain there. Added some birds to convey a sense of freedom, and some reflections to give the tiles a more polished look. The painting is finally starting to look like something.

Step 8:

That is the final step. Basically it is a lot more refinement. I did not like the curtain, so I replaced it with a desk, some sheet music and other stuff. I also put some paintings onto the walls, which had looked too empty for my taste. The whole painting has been tightened up, refined, I made adjustments and colour corrections until I liked it. Well, and I hope so do you. We are done, enjoy the result. Thanks to everybody who helped me along the creation with critiques and suggestions!




Just some detail shots for you!



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Tutorial published with the permission of Daniel the Author of this free photoshop tutorial.