I had chose the sketch with the cityscape as my final.
so,
here we go again.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pBbvfxnh9C1qKIaFU8SosONxf2gLMk9Nq5jZa2kUEDVki7e6mrcomddQwSGd8HSFAVXh4n3UgphXKcfq2kELFPdOr_Lg-W6Tt6847S2KNNlKIOXfTT7vG6M-lB8DKEXs3eAAB_BDQp6r/s320/ps18.JPG)
STEP 1: Draw the outline of the city using pen tool.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtw-N2qL29Zbg9aaATGAfL3kw2XGVpo55dNP78142zuOpbOBfXmSOz0UDFgKkUbKS4X319usNTUzRhpt74GHt6OVCiJIBf3xB_xlP8ad5XjweP7kKBpzNt7wW0WiTtwU6aOgMzwkkn74O/s320/ps19.JPG)
STEP 2: I wanted to bring a hopeless feel so i chose gray for the color for the buildings.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVz3PKvXsJgMIz-3OXmBayjVLpp85oJpcIS5TsrdvOw7HzCRH5Vv-9YkkMX_iGjOG-boVQpVUpnQ7SwDSy0UfPr1ySrAaJHEVbbRRw4wYLbtjw-_znASeKfvf1cKUQEaMgrwYkaybP_Lc/s320/ps20.JPG)
STEP 3: The building looks a little bit stiff so i use feather to make it looks softer.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx99dJ-x3x-tRmUC-w6XtuXuPQ54ctTzLTg2MBpWpjp88Uh_u7SslCe8hp-TaG5UHm9n5HwCisgk3ZKh1Eqc6YOfwTUscuEPkdE7yZZ4uCMSdlPlEwwDP4sB3p0p13uMnQnba89sGbk3B-/s320/ps21.JPG)
STEP 4: Draw the lights of the city using pen tool and rectangle tool.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeD03CmvMjOvtsaRIO3gRa5rB3IWQ9bXagcEZ3CGFjWiyZ-C_yk2Z-7A-ghTJoPuwb5BRIWUKa1GMN2NEc4WSq_jhTN4l4KqtjHcHvrCqY3Af-5oAefu4NqVrkoD7-xYPO1n78jAcPaRll/s320/ps22.JPG)
STEP 5: Fill the empty boxes with striking yellow color to light up the lights. haha.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjX8K5OsDpPe5L2Vd-Z-oXb6vp4tBOspDUplyavtACIWkEVRsDt8lzmC-EYqv6mdpJzxuOilzaPT2CpJt-djnagExBMJUakbVFYjwqzSDEwfdzMtOghkTVNeIjVOnU6ZXtEF4oh_cYNfGA/s320/ps23.JPG)
STEP 6: I use round corners tool to touch up a little bit to make the lights look softer. To make them more realistic, i use the outer glow effect to lighten up the lights.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuPaV6Mf23AGAAEv9ABiB3H0yj0n1zeIa5WEnclDZp-iYLiiF602WH1HBNfXfAhfe_rwtc6-cZtgFtjGFnsYqmsXTN-4ZUbArJs2N1l7Jq-8mqRHH60ht0nuuZeyyfX5dEqliTi8rSyQg/s320/ps3.JPG)
STEP 7: Was not satisfy with the lights so i delete quite a amount of lights and resize most of them. I think they looks better now.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga69Hm7BAsc78VjZbgTIbNFtfAJYvHoAi34094yZ7LSFrAGWPDSb-zM9Llfg-cGMZxfz7dQ1fxmMTTN0atqek1wDLW888FSk_NFy9AvJ7oJIwOiLZLh0iYZlTTS52tAPNpVDyYOVj0nQTm/s320/ps.JPG)
STEP 8: Copy the whole city and paste it in a new layer named "reflection". I reflect the city for the reflection on water. (i don't think i need to mention this. @@)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDa1TVDTWFUQ3qrZU0HuUyonfTBgcWALhwO8b8zOcCqQ_PvTzyROio83BvLLEJwoowYX1xULS2Dy__KiOSEbjGr8sjliLyR8R5DhwC813Ne3YBIHVt1aGXsvkcBSkUGFdRhP-87cj1LuF/s320/ps2.JPG)
STEP 9: I reduce the opacity of the reflection from 100% to 73%. Now it does looks like a reflection.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhOkTEe5kpX2ShHoMnIo1v_7aRTszeKzKlPJzZ1Ydh4f7RW5UnoTC3Meow7zj7FZFNJzjss_EzjzCoxJNiNVFhee6J8rQbQvWLd9IJ3-1dymm5IrZjL-aOtvNl3yGYPjkK_-a2Ubf8lms/s320/ps6.JPG)
STEP 10: The reflection is a bit unnatural to me so i scribbled it. It a bit more convincing now.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbDUntbEOQrDyMp77qchYU0MJUCBqRWBjORfHiVvVAAiduKyRdgAM4M6smE88o_tcYNfsO6fbF_uGH0zxa02L235LnM4bNtNvcrkV5UFgSlnHf_tjm2b1L197WDaCiTHX94jWLLTPfLI_/s320/ps4.JPG)
STEP 11: After i have done with the cityscape and reflection, i go on to the sky part. I use gradient tool to make it more natural.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVmnw80p1Kqe8UnpYTcVVQGMTtfhVYx4daKN4DM_4wLT0XejcBrUYrDwKvyb2fFJMqx_6I3ouYw-3JQ4CjQAq2f-masRD0m2ZZWvS_Z8WQyLT3f0OG6ycSafNXRlpsUtxZj-_PATF5SXf/s320/ps8.JPG)
STEP 12: I find the sky a little bit too dull so i add the light source using flare tool.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfEGkmdZw7R_OPh134d_6qCQ5s3_d-5xi3U7uyPSmYv_HBpC1lbf2m76aP4rP5VRu2jaViRAS8kYibeSBMX-TEPULTjhOkXu6-YKtHbHFb0D0GvKLWbqu98rK5QA8Pdf4lYgNDg0fRAuX/s320/ps5.JPG)
STEP 13: Next is the water where the reflection falls. Same as the sky, i used gradient tool to color the water.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7km7c47P0cp_pANY1Lt3smjO0MvQsHDjf7pDqlnqtW6hvwMmwEsC2J79y6HZIjqZG1Gaml7PByjowcXlRMuUOZj2Da8uq5sVlSHW3eSROxQJvSbWHWja_Pb2rLq_81KUol0Tv1sTHjmJA/s320/ps7.JPG)
STEP 14: The water is too flat for my liking so i scribble it just like the reflection of the cityscape.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4cG4dkYO98G108nXNpn9WnP4MFVnF005Agrkw1tQttqxiaOhYGZlMwg2hAAplmJO_S0NjcX1a3NG739c8lEWgDQBmubUe2HQ8fJzu_X1Jw374C3z1mlIlfmF1U7mwXVagFyX1B0Z3HGs/s320/ps10.JPG)
STEP 15: The message for the poster is "PREVENT this occurrence". I use the type tool to insert the message into the poster.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85Cac0cgLJlEOae1-5V9W8H-DCGVYjk_X1Ub1q8TW0NOi0gSrzTOHut9pTyLzN_lzkwzYvHNndMlvQANa62b0Dp0_6F6SLk4UeoQB-xP-cn0IIkM6Tc2mpGimg139L55yBgkEjqpxKuKY/s320/ps9.JPG)
STEP 16: I wanted to give a twist to the message so i build the message using few layers with different opacity. I choose red color for the fonts to make it stand out from the dark background
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRkyXlBShlRa4PBylorr8pzTBTbu6Jt00siz7etK8cizfOJLjpX3-_JGmDLWRP2J76a9yqosi_hDRX9I2ENwDNqSyVUdixjIqPaGlgTBA-U0Y8ftVZ2l9pTRB_ea4LXX3VeXwD5oYg1FB/s320/ps11.JPG)
STEP 17: I import the tree from my assignment 2 and place it in the middle of the city. I am trying to deliver the message :" This is the only tree left in the city, do you really want this to happen?" haha.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJh9CT6_edl80_1hCZdSq3htreaH2litYmLb8yPz3RXtduzjYaj1yFe4qxn9NRVof5cbB6Pok2qocXWHj7CjBPJN-Ptthoh7kMG8K4WwoCCwGPfJyjv0N6AAMqOrtgOO76YnwY97_qthu/s320/ps12.JPG)
STEP 18: I copy and paste and reflect the tree in the same layer . And again, i scribble the reflection of the tree.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdue5v57yzn3xsqPpi3dpyxuYW7jujYEIq53OD14MSBfjV1GAEb6LCJQIEnWDNEXKsju2J8tSQMY30_-bK3nAZ5CnBYg_l3hGyVVRYsaAw-0YfPbVje7nKXNmbTbOmpimUZBo842LXA1f/s320/ps14.JPG)
STEP 19: I don't like the previous font so i changed it into another font. The red is too awkward so i take away the red and replace with orange. I applied an effect to the words to make it look nicer.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGndcWgJ4gRDqDIu3OiFS5OwEvBHLDWsHDnTcRUpyWl1NWrt8OW1rjkUWIZpASxAfVOr21f2VqSEytAcmE7T1ccc-2zD5C5vv-D8pkSIYe6Wnlxj1G_prop7Uj_zof7h9QkwguL1SemrgF/s320/ps13.JPG)
STEP 20: After all the work, i added my logo to the poster. ^^
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixhg8XFoPZEB6Odu9rST06b8Uz5DQzKidcg-uxuXWtbaaj8pfdCYCEfU3YtDCB2qFSHKNWoi9ZMiatYF-lZzew_ABmfmgWnd83oCLhe9ShYkyD4lDaHC8h99jNGNB4XECq07zfKohtBJU/s320/ps15.JPG)
STEP 21: I am not satisfy with the brightness of the poster so i created a layer with gray gradient to place on top of the poster. I reduce the opacity of this layer from 100% to 30% so that it is not too obvious.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAa0zevjl4lAql0AdwBrFKzorCNSSmBT7V6m-lhJcSblFkGriah5wPjYGZMnJ8SlKJjPyN2eyR8vvhl1g6DqfuHV-puNIJggRqzqtrfOEqDui803R-mPIrYbQufvTehjgeLHTeaVO7uiK/s320/ps17.JPG)
STEP 22: There are too many lines outside the page so i tidy them up by overlapping blocks of white rectangle on them.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLh5K9Cp0OuYMKZPAbI8N1O9A4MGHsRkWA86zb0r2zqGG-CUPTEWca0XJEyp0VPxvxMHRZfgYNRcTXK_oQDjRmmQ-VNdCBr0eV5crvo2mH581uc7i-l9sZetMJzZEURF1maedWU2adxJ_/s320/untitled.JPG)
STEP 23: I think my message wasn't strong enough so i added another sub line to it which is "for the sake of our next generation" to make it complete.
STEP 24: CLAP, SHOUT, and JUMP in happiness.