Step 18

After adding some highlights to our scene, I started out to add the primary set of shadows for our image. Using different size and hardness of brush (B), with color #’s close to 000000, start painting out the shadows to the areas indicated below. Use harder and more opaque brush settings for the corners on the ceiling, the shadows casted by the statues, and the corners on the floor.

Step 19

Next, I added a darker set of secondary shadows with the use of soft, mid-sized brush.

Step 20

Next, add a new layer then using the Paint Bucket tool (G), fill the entire image with color #8d4200. After that, decrease the layers Opacity level to ~36% and change its Blend Mode to Overlay. This step will help us blend the image and set the mood of our scene.

Step 21

Next, using a soft, ~70% Opacity level, mid-sized brush (B), paint the areas indicated below with its corresponding color #’s. Just like what we did in Step 19, change the layer’s Blend Mode to Overlay then decrease its Opacity level to a higher value of about 60%. This layer will add the warm color effect we need for our scene.

Here’s the final effect should look like.

Step 22

Next, using a small brush with hardness level of ~70%, paint some light rays coming from our main light source just like as shown below. Next go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, then apply a 9.3 pixel blur level.

Finally, decrease the Opacity level of the blurred lines we just made. The effect should look like as shown below.

Step 23

Next, using the Brush tool (B), paint the Sun in our scene. In painting the Sun, start with brushes with hardness level of about 60%, the gradually decrease it as you increase the brush size. After that, add a new layer then paint the areas close to the opening, upper areas of the stairway, with warm yellow to brown color tones, then use Overlay or Soft light as Blending Modes. You can decrease the Opacity level of the layer to adjust the intensity of the layer.

Step 24

Next, I added some “boque”-like effects by using a 100% hardness brush with color #ffffff. After that, I change its Blend mode to Overlay then decrease its Opacity level to about 15%. Make sure that if you’re going to intersect two “circle lights” do this into two separate layers.

Step 25

Next, add a new layer then, using the Paint Bucket tool (G), fill the entire layer with color #000000. Next go to Filter > Render > Clouds, Fig. 1. Next, change its Blend Mode to Overlay then decrease its Opacity level to 70%, Fig. 1. After that, press Command/Ctrl + T to activate the resizing handles, then press right-click then select Warp from the dropdown menu. Warp the clouds just like as shown in Fig. 3. Finally, erase the areas indicated in Fig. 4.

The final effect is shown below. We did this so to add an effect of air and dust rushing outside the tomb.

Conclusion

That’s it, we’re done. The final product is shown below. Hope you had fun working on this project and learned something new! Thanks for reading!