I am working on the next page of my webcomic, but as a small distraction I just made this experiment to see if I could skip some corners by simply painting on top of another image. I choose a moody winter photo and tried to make it into something new. I gave myself 15 minuttes and here it is, although it is not really faster than just doing it from the bottom. Still I thought it a fun experiment for a post here.
The bootleg sample by me:
The original by Photographer Michele Palazzo:
