In this class we were to practice techniques for painting lava. Below are my first attempts at directly painting lava with a standard brush, using yellow, orange and dark reds. This is not bad for a first attempt but the colours look quite muddy and overall it's not very convincing.
We learnt about styles in Photoshop and how to create our own. Then we were given the image below and were asked to paint lava onto the creature using what we had learnt.
I used the magnet lasso tool as instructed to cut out the creature and added a dark background.
Next I went around the edges with a soft round eraser to integrate it more and also edited the levels and curves.
Then, using a variation of the style Steve gave us, I started to paint on some lava.
Finally, I took a yellow brush on a new layer and tried to make the lava stand out a little bit more, as the thinner lines only came out orange on the styles layer.
Although I am happy with the image, I think it looks much better smaller. If I could redo this, I would pay more attention to the thinner lines and make sure they aren't scratchy. When working on my lava character next, I'll make sure to keep that in mind and use what I learnt here.
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