Getting Started on Environment Art : Initial vs Final

I'll be almost 4 weeks old here at Steemit so I looked back on the artworks I shared with you guys. I realized almost everything was focusing on characters, let me share with you how I started my environment art journey.

I admit it's really hard for me to create environment and bg. I totally regret that I keep dodging and working on these skill set before.

November 2017 - it's time to get started. I'm so lucky to have bpsola as my master, I can't believe I did this 3-days apart . And I paint this on Adobe Photoshop CS6.

He is very patient with me and no words can express how much I feel so honored to be chosen! He is a very great master and will always cheer me up! :D

He will also tell me how much he's proud of me, well I always get emotional whenever this happens. I am still on my journey to be great like him as well! I am doing my very best always! <3

Okay okay, so before I get too emotional for this, here are some screen shots of the process:

• (1) Setting the values

• (2) Honestly, I did not understand what I was doing here, as you can see this is a failure, a total mess. This was my initial color draft, woooow what an incredible mess. I can't believe I totally nailed a perfect depiction of my life as a painting!

• (3) If you are not satisfied of the result FIX IT! (just like how you should fix your life, don't ruin it even more) First, Identify where you got it wrong and never do it again. I went back to step (1) and redid my color draft, so instead of using "color" layer I used "soft light" layer.
  Credits to my master, he was really patient with me!
  Since it's and overcast, the ambient color should be a little gray color of the local color.

• (4) The cabin seems to be a bit super simple so add complexity to give it more interesting look.

• (5) Oh well, (4) still looks bare, then level it up a little bit. I add a wood storage area, clear stone levels and some extra stuff like the ax and the wood board. Also I changes the background scene since city silhouettes won't work on this rural vibe environment.
  - add definition to the material
  - paint by defining the highlights and shadows
  -study how light falls off to the grass
  -do this to all the grass and trees
  -lighter value on top of the element
  -darker value under the element

And now for the final result:

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