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[XCali]

Was inspired, so another free set today.

I realised volcanoes are kinda hard to get right, so I tried a new technique and it was quite easy to do.



So for those interested. I took the Crater set from a few posts ago, copied them into a Transparent canvas Bottom Layer and right on top of them I copied and pasted them again, top Layer and then added a layer in the middle for the lava.

So it looks like this:
Top Layer - Crater
Middle Layer - Empty (For Lava)
Bottom layer - Crater

Now for the TOP crater layer, I took the eraser tool and erased the part of the crater that is at the back and left only the front slopes.
I leave the BOTTOM layer exactly as it is.
On the middle layer, I lined up three colours. The first is the MID tone, then the Highlight and lastly a darker shade.

(The mid tone is not as bright as the highlight nor as dark as the darker shade.)

Then on the MIDDLE layer, I used a cloudy brush, on three quarters opacity and started just plastering the MID tone in. Then I use the darker shade to on a smaller size to add a bit of shading on the lava. Then Finally I use the Highlight very bright Lava colour to add highlights to the lava.

And that was that.
For the flow I just added a layer above the top layer and repeated the steps above.

If you have any questions, or found this useful, be sure to give a shout


EDIT:
Below are the desaturated version of them for those on black and white maps.