Texture Tuesday : Good Night Iguana

  

Good Night Iguana : Lyon Lizard 3

Layer 1) Background image

Layer 2) An old Free Texture Friday Texture from StockVault - Multiply 85%

Copied the layer mask from version 2 (below)

Layer 3) Copy Layer 2 - Soft Light 30%

Layer 4) Color Fill Frame - Soft Light 61%

I think this is my favorite one of the three.  It makes Mr Lizard look like he has a sky full of stars behind him.  Oh what a difference a texture makes!

I was trying to make the spines on his back stand out a bit more, but I couldn't quite do it.  The brushes are round, and the magic wand tool, kept taking more than I wanted.  Hard to follow the outline of the spines, so I finally gave up on that. 

Lyon Lizard - Version 1

Layer 1) Background Image

Layer 2) KK Sissy Texture - Multiply Blend Mode; 89% opacity

50% brushed off the Lizard's face

Layer 3) Color Fill Frame ; Soft Light - 61%

 

Lyon Lizard - Version 2

Layer 1) Background Image

Layer 2) 2LO Junkyard 14 Texture (smoothed out a bit) - 

Multiply Blend Mode; 100% opacity

50% brushed off the Lizard's face

Layer 3) Color Fill Frame ; Soft Light - 61%

I tried layering these textures but they both wanted to dominate, so I did each one separately.  

I couldn't decide which one I liked better so I'm presenting all three.

"Here's lookin' at you, Kid!"

Here's the original Lizard pic.  

Christian's cousin has a wonderful old stone apartment in Lyon, France,  along the river with shade trees on the terrace outside their windows.  This building must have been there in the Middle Ages, or earlier.  There is wonderful reflected light all over the city -- even with the buildings so close together, you'd think it would be dark and miserable.  On the contrary, it's a warm and inviting light.

Their apartment has all kinds of very interesting decor -- like this Iguana lizard statue. 

 Sharing with  The Texture Artists FaceBook Group and Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday.