I could straight away tell what photo you referenced the tornado and lighting from it's world famous and pretty old too (I have a book on "weather" I got when I was like - 10 and it was on the cover) Interestingly though, the one in that photo is a waterspout, that is, one thats over water instead of land, like what you have got here, and it was taken in Miami

Now for the artwork itself, I think it's pretty good for a first landscape attempt, It's good to practice at this stuff too, since I can't tell you how many times I've seen a brilliant character illustration, ruined by a poor background. Just keep practising and you'll get better, I went through the same, but other way around, being good at landscapes, but not characters (You'll lol at this early Cloud strife attempt [link] ) The good side is that it is easier to make a good landscape than a good character, since characters have to be very formal and perfect, otherwise I wonky-looking character is going to look disfigured. But landscapes, well things like mountains, seas and skies are never "perfect" so you can get away with a little more (but yeah, looking at real pics helps)

All I can suggest is try different "blending modes" on certain areas, for example, to make the glow around the lightning look really cool, I would have set the brush to "linear dodge" and chosen a pale blue colour, lowered the opacity and brushed a few times over...it gives a cool neon effect, thats how I do glowing objects like suns, fire, lightning and any "powers" my characters might have. Also, for darker areas, modes like "multiply" are good, especially for the darker streaks in that sea. Just try em all out in a practice scene

Well, my computer is lagging badly by now, So I will finish off by saying that I hope this elightened you, due to severe lazyness of many of DA's members, you probably wouldn't get such a detailed comment again, but it's better to hear it early on anyway. I just wish the artists I admired took the time to actually help ME out when I was starting here

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yay, this is excelent you are definately mastering photoshop my friend , its verry moody and you have captured the realism of the tornado well, the lightning is a great shape, could glow abit more, but it looks amasing anyway so dont change it on my account.

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Hehe, thanks. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have made it in the first place, lol.

Hehe, but I actually thought of making the lightning bolt BEFORE I found that image on the net. It's well known you say? And waterspout looks like that, while tornadoes over land doesn't? I guess my work is not that thorough then.. Well, I'm proud of it, and that's what matters, ne?

I think you're right about the wonkiness of natural objects, while humans are harder. I experience a great deal of hardships through my human painting and drawing, while the landscapes I think is more like... They can be so many shapes, you know? Trees for example. Your work doesn't get frowned upon because it has a lump here and there. In fact, that's what makes trees trees. No tree are the same. It's the same with people I guess, but they all have the same base structure, namely arms, legs, torso and head, while a tree can have one arm or a thousand. I use a lot more time on my humans, so that's why it's lovely with a slight turn of pace. Well, yeah of course, my landscapes aren't THAT good yet, but they maintain the same level as my humans while being a bit easier.

Wow, about those blending modes, I now realise I have only scratched photoshop's surface. Well, I've known it for a long time, but I guess there's something new about photoshop every day, huh? I'll try those blending modes!

You have helped me very much! Arigatou gozaimasu! You are too kind!

cool!! ! you're getting better and better!

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Thank you!

welcome! <3

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