Step 28

We are now going to create a shadow for the centaur on the ground.. Create a new layer under the centaur and name it Centaur Shadow. Grab a soft edged black brush with an opacity of 10% and slowly made a shadow.

Keep in mind where the light is coming from. In this case it’s the top left hand corner.

Once you have finished, lower the opacity to around 75% or until it looks natural.

Step 29

Now to finish the manipulation create a fill layer, select Layer > new Layer Fill > Solid Color. Click OK

Select a solid black and click ok.

Set the opacity to 75% and with a white soft edge brush start painting in the light.

Step 30

Apply a Warming photo filter above all layers with a density of 45%

Step 31

For the last step I decided to add some rays of light…

Grab the pen tool and on a new layer named heavens roughly map out a ray of light.

Right click with in the path and click make section with a feather of 5px

Fill this with white and press CTRL + D to remove the selection.

Apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a radius of 10. Drop the opacity of the layer to 28%.

Then move the Heavens layer below the photo filter layer.

Step 32

Take this opportunity to mask in more shadows or highlights where you think necessary! Create a black boarder or add some extra background elements. Experiment to make your centaur unique.

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