Next, I repeated the process but set the layers to different states (Vivid Light, Screen, etc.), and continued deleting some parts of the layers on the top until I was happy with the result.

I then Google searched for some newspaper textures and applied them using the same method. At the end, I created a Normal layer on top, added the final details, and made some Level adjustments. And then I was all done (Fig.07 - 09).




And that's it! As you can see, the process is really simple but also gives the artist a lot of freedom to experiment. It is not a piece where you can visualise it from the start, but rather you start and then become more creative on the fly!