I said I wouldn't work on this anymore, but I didn't want to put all of that effort to waste so I finished it up as best as I could within the timeframe I had. This piece was especially tough for me. I don't know if it's just the scope of the piece, or if it's because I haven't done enough vehicle or environment designs yet, but I struggled with this piece throughout the process. There were days that I was putting off working on it by doing anything else I could think of, which is obviously not healthy. If I ever do figure it out I'll let you guys know.
In any case, I added colors using two "soft light" layers on top of each other and also used Jason Chan's cheat of copying the final art as a layer, blurring it, then erasing (in the blurred layer) all the parts that you want to stay in focus. In this case I wanted to blur out the city in the background and really focus on the lead ship and the characters in the foreground. I think the effect works and it's a good cheat to use every now and again to salvage a weak piece.
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