The Making of Secret Pond

Now’s the step I spend forever on, and I think is important for all pictures. Screw around with it and add as many details as you want until you get bored. Heh. I added some trails to the fairies (I Gaussian blurred an airbrush trail I drew), gave the fairy with her feet in the pond’s feet a different sort of effect to make it look like they were under water, darkened shadows where I felt they needed to be darkened and ended up with this.