Anime Girl with Sword Picture

Then select the Dodge Tool to decolorize the lighter parts.



Select after that the Brush Tool and the Blur Tool to dark out one of the girl's instrument's metal part. The second part should be decolorized with the Dodge Tool.



Give it a relief texture. It's necessary to create a new layer, above the painted layer and then apply the filter (Filter – Render – Clouds). Select the white and the black colors.



Minimize the size of the layer and change the angle of its placement also just to be placed on that part we want to give it the texture. Select the next combination: Edit – Free Transform (ctrl+t).



Group this layer with the layer that contains the painted girl: Layer – Create Clipping Mask (ctrl+g). Everything that is situated outside the metal contours should be erased by choosing the Eraser Tool. Change the layer's type on Overlay and merge down both layers (ctrl+e).



The lace also should be more textured. Select for this the Brush Tool of 1 px Hard Round and two colors: dark-blue and the white colors. Outline the lace.



Insert the shadows on the girl's hair (Brush Tool) and blur out also the hair's edges.



Add the mask to this layer: Layer – Add Layer Mask – Reveal all. Use the Brush Tool of black color and erase carefully the hair's parts on that place the flare should be. Select the Gradient Tool to hide the bounds.



Apply the next command: Layer – Remove Layer Mask – Apply. Then insert the shadow on the girl's skin by blurring the bounds too:



Choose the Brush Tool to insert the shadows on the girl's clothes too.