sorry for the late reply. the way i put it together is fairly simply.



1. i have a composition in mind, i paint straight in colour for this series.

2, i start at the back, a sky colour if its outdoors, or a wall color if its indoor

3, i move forward in layers painting whats in front of each other, trying to keep it really simply, usually starting with the silhoutte with a big squarey brush.

4. i lock the transparency of these layerts and paint their details in, midtone in first, then shadow then highlight.

5, i add lightning effect layers, either at the top of the stack or inbetween if they are further back, usually a screen layer for sunlight or soft light and dodge for neons and other harsh ones like lensflares.

6, i use blur as i go, on different layers, to create that depth of field or motion blur since i want it to be cinematic.



done!



take some practice but its not too difficult to keep up when you're used to it haha