@daring-celt 2 January 2022

Digital Art_2019. Fruit Sity Hi friends! Today I have a humorous drawing again This is my new art idea on one Steemit contest. Theme's title was **"Fabulous Fruit"**. I imagined such a picture that this magic fruit city is located somewhere... https://hive.blog/foodstorm/@daring-celt/foodstorm-contest-6fruit-sity

Sketch in **Photoshop** Yes, I came up with such a fantastic city, where houses are fruits, and residents ... well, see for yourself)))

Choosing a color palette I wanted to choose such colors so that the fruit looks realistic, and at the same time, so that there are contrasting motives.

Steps I drawing with simple round brush and reduced opacity Sketching base colors

Immediately I decide on the background color. I want the fruit houses to stand out from the background but blend in with it. So I made a gradient background from dark red to sandy yellow.

I add details - mark the location of windows and doors and flower beds. I am looking for a harmonious composition so that no one interferes with anyone

I added a realistic apple texture to my painting (from my photos), lowered the opacity and made a hand-drawn texture on top on new layer. But I made pears with texture brushes. At the same time I draw elements of the house and gardens

At this stage, I temporarily turned off the texture layer to make realistic highlights on the fruit.

Then I decided to make a brick road between the houses, and not just a path to the ground

Finally there will be funny residents in fruits houses.

Yes, can live in such a cozy house!

Finally, I decided to make a decorative frame on top too, as in my drawing about a herring in a fur coat. This time it became apple leaves https://read.cash/@daring-celt/digital-art-2019-herring-in-a-fur-coat-bdefa819 https://www.publish0x.com/daring-celt-inspiration/digital-art-2019-herring-in-a-fur-coat-xxypzpx

It's ready, but... Now I didn’t like that the land was too boring - it’s not clear where the horizon is. I found a suitable texture in the Photoshop library and added a fill layer with this texture (so that it can be adjusted) Yes, now I think a great result!

I hope you enjoyed the process of giving birth to the magical story of the fruit city too. Have a nice and creative winter day!