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Darklaw | Primal Ecstasy Cover Detail

Detail of the fourth cover image for a series of Darklaw Stories.

One of the short cuts to the high contrast light/dark that I like (think chiaroscuro, à la Caravaggio) is to carve out the light rather than add the dark.

I usually add an entire layer of black, lighten it to around 50% and start erasing the areas I want light. I can do multiple layers and even colored layers to enrich, like the blue here.

Pic 1 has shadow & color correction layers off. Pic 2 has layers on. Pic 1 was was built up with earlier “carvings.” © Teresa Wymore

The Darklaw Saga is a linked story collection published at Tantalizing Tales. The Darklaw Saga can be found here…

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