step 1
The first thing i did was to trace back what i have sketched. first things first, i added a template so i could easily trace the image. i used the Pen Tool to do this. and i made a smaller size of the right side of the glacier.
step 2
Once im done tracing back the lines from my sketch, i duplicated the layers ive done just now and placed it at the back. i made it this way to illustrate a slight 3D effect but i dont know if it looks like it. LOL. also, i made a few small glaciers at the front part. i used the Pen Tool for all of this.
step 3
Next, i used different shades of blue to colour the glacier. i also used the gradient tool for the colouring. firstly, i coloured the first piece of the glacier and not the duplicated one.
step 4
Once im done with that, i coloured the duplicated layers with the same colours as the first. also, i have coloured the extra part in front of the glacier with light gradient blue. and i blend that layer to a transparency called Hard Light. i also used Envelope Distortion Wrap by bending its Arc Lower.
step 5
I duplicate the glacier layers and reflected it upside down so it gives a shadow kind of image. i made the opacity of it to half. and i also used Enveloped Distortion by bending it slightly to a Wave like water image. another thing i did was taking off the strokes by putting it to "0".
step 6
When all of these are done, i finally touch it up with a simple and bright background. i used the gradient tool to pick the most appropriate sky colour and used the Gradient Mesh to play around with the bright blue. i made it look as if there was a bright light behind it.
step 7
Finally, i duplicated the sky layer and reflected it in the opposite way. i also changed some parts of the Gradient Mesh of it.
final artwork.
and, tadaaaa! another work is completed! :D
toodles!
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