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Wayne Barlowe is an author and illustrator who has created images for books, films and galleries. After attending Cooper Union, he executed hundreds of paperback book covers for all of the major publishers as well as illustrations for Life, Time and Newsweek. He is the author and illustrator of Expedition, Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials, Barlowe’s Guide to Fantasy, Barlowe’s Inferno, Brushfire: Illuminations from the Inferno, The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe and An Alphabet of Dinosaurs.

In this Photoshop tutorial we will learn how to paint a fantasy landscape. We’ll start from a basic sketch and slowly work our way to the final painting. We’ll be looking at different techniques throughout this process on how to create depth, mood, lighting and detail. The aim of these lessons is to teach you how to quickly and effectively paint environment designs, and additionally to provide you with some tips and tricks that will speed up your workflow along the way.