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Step 3Add Shadows
Now, with one of your base layers visible, select a higher level to work with, and make it visible as well.
Turn this layer's opacity down to 40% in the layer's panel. Play around with this layer's brightness and contrast as you did before. This should give you some more refined details by blending with the lower layer and creating shaded grey areas.
After doing a couple layers of these, try to find your best combination of 2 layers. Details around the face are important for being able to recognize the face in the pumpkin, but try not to make the details so small that carving will be difficult. Large areas of gray help add detail to the final work, but it is also the most cumbersome to carve.
Turn this layer's opacity down to 40% in the layer's panel. Play around with this layer's brightness and contrast as you did before. This should give you some more refined details by blending with the lower layer and creating shaded grey areas.
After doing a couple layers of these, try to find your best combination of 2 layers. Details around the face are important for being able to recognize the face in the pumpkin, but try not to make the details so small that carving will be difficult. Large areas of gray help add detail to the final work, but it is also the most cumbersome to carve.
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