Step 1
Open new document (I use really lage size) and fill the green color
(#004915).
Step 2
Open the grass stock. You should cut a little piece of the grass, then
paste to main document and transform it to lager.
Step 3
Change its Blending Mode to Overlay.
Step 4
Create new layer and draw as show below with brush setting: soft brush,
800px, #929f3a.
Change its Blending Mode to Overlay.
Step 5
Make the bole of grass for new layer
Step 6
Add the dark area using Burn tool with setting below
Step 7
Add the light area using Dodge tool with setting below
Step 8
Following the steps as show below
Step 9
Open its Blending Options to apply the layer style.
Step 10
Make the leaf with new layer
Step 11
Use Pen Tool to draw the Path as show below
Step 12
Set Burn tool as show below. Then Choose Rectangle tool and click righ
on the Path, select Stoke Path with "Burn" in selection box.
Step 13
Draw the black line as show below and apply the layer style (Drop
shadow: Blending mode: white - screen, opacity: 50%, angle: 40 degrees,
distance and size: 5px). Then reduce Opacity to about 17%.
Step 14
More details for the shadow using Burn tool.
Step 15
Add the light area using Dodge tool with setting below. Then apply the
layer style as the step 9.
Step 16
Following the steps as show below.
Step 17
Draw another leafs that their style are same the first leaf and add more
details for light area.
Step 18
Press Ctrl + Shift + E to merge all leaf layers into new leaf layer. Go
to menu Filter > Orther > High Pass (radius: 10px).
Step 19
Go to menu Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contract (Brightness:
10, Contract: 100). Then change its Blending Mode to Soft Light and
reduce Opacity to 30%
Step 20
Create new groud, tittle it "beetle" and put it at the top of all the layers. I draw the beetle at here.
Follow the details as show below.
Step 21
Add light for the beetle 's wings
