Make a Zora

Learn how to create a creature that lives under water...

• Step 1 Before you start writing me emails, I know this ain't a Zora. I just felt it had much in common.
  Zora's ofcourse have a different face and a different body. Still this creature is worthy of having a name so I chose a Zora-lookalike;

  

• Step 2 For this tutorial I used stocks from snake-skin or snake-leather;

  

• Step 3 Duplicate the leather-layer many times and scale and position them over arms and parts of the body;

  

• Step 4 Then do them one at a time.
  Just lower the opacity and start erasing with a blurry brush;

  

• Step 5 Opy this layer and flip it horizontal and erase some parts so it fits with the layer;

  

• Step 6 Then do the leg(s);

  

• Step 7 And the neck;

  

• Step 8 And ofcourse the arms...

  

• Step 9 Make sure the textures flows into each other...

  

• Step 10 ...like what I did here;

  

• Step 11 And finish the texturing;

  

• Step 12 On a new layer that you've set to Color or Hue (depending on your picture) brush some blue on it;

  

• Step 13 Do everything that is the body, so no objects, bikini or background;

  

• Step 14 Then on a new layer, which is set to Overlay, brush some black over the lips and some white over the eyes;

  

• Step 15 Tweek the body a little and fix spots if needed...

  

• Step 16 I chose to add the gills of a muchroom, but you can choose any image;

  

• Step 17 Place them and trun them and maybe even transform the perspective a little;

  

• Step 18 Then go to Filter>Liquify and tweek the nose and the ear(s).