11 Background detail

Imaginefx’s art editor Daniel Vincent suggests adding a brick wall in the background, which helps to emphasise Harley’s gritty and rough surroundings. I set the layer of bricks to Multiply, to make it feel translucent with the strong red of the background. I then add more texture to the background using a splatter tool from Iiya. I also want to light Harley with a heart-shaped spotlight. I use the Airbrush tool set to dark blue on an Overlay layer to bring in some purple mid-tones. For Harley’s cast shadow I simply duplicate the grey layer from earlier.