And here is the result of all this. Well looks quite acid like 3 hours later). When I did it on this stage I looked at it about 5 minutes, trying to do something.

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….And I've decided to apply Pinch filter to it. On screen shot you can see it. BUT ! – this is the Pinch filter applied 2nd time ( for this tutor) but originally it is not so popped up.

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Here is the original filter reaction (only 1 time).

I've also created a new layer and just used a brush to hide all the orange color leaving only green.

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Here is the whole image balance. – I use this technique now. The balance should be around 50 to 50 black & white for this image.

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I'm just covering the object with black a little.

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…leaving only this part of the object.

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I've also created a new copy of my layer and I've changed its color to this.

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Now I will erase back from this top layer. The other thing about digital painting is that you can always erase back without leaving trails or mess. But some say you shouldn't do that, because you can come up to something with the parts you just like to erase; training your design sense.

Well I thing it depends on the situation. You can use eraser in many ways.

Here are my settings to eraser. The Flow is about 50%.

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And begin.

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And we are at the finish now.

I know that this one just needs some text. So hare is my text.

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With just inner shadow turned on. Well' I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and remember: practice makes perfect, whatever it will be.

Download Brushes:
http://www.eyesontutorials.com/Jeka/MyAntiscaleBrushSet.abr

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