[ Zhongzhu ] Double reward HD (+ process + PSD) (Patreon)

I had some hard time with the color picking phase of this one. I wanted to create a soft atmosphere in semi-darkness, but I realized colors turned too dark and too muted- thankfully, Adjustments came in handy once again! I think they really saved the work 🙏

I used 4 (which is a fairly low amount, I had to resort to 10 Adjustment to save other pieces haha):

Gradient map to shift all the yellow/orange of the background towards green which made it less warm, I simply didn't like it, it felt overwhelming

Levels to brighten the whole canvas. MUCH NEEDED, this was the main one!

Color Lookup #1 NightFromDay.cube which is the usual Adjustment I use to increase contrast between lights and shadows!

Color Lookup #2 FallColors.look to make the parts affected by Zhongli's glowing tattoos more orange.

You can explore their use in the attached PSD file!

💌 HD + PSD in attachments!

If your software doesn't read my PSD correctly and you do not have Photoshop, you can open my files on the free online tool https://www.photopea.com !!