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Step 16: Add a new layer above

the generated layer style layers and

name it “Front Shadows.” Clip this

layer (Layer>Create Clipping Mask) to

the stack and set the mode to Mul-

tiply. Grab the Brush tool and use a

Soft Round tip with the brush size set

to 250 px, the Hardness at 0%, and

brush Opacity at 20% in the Options

Bar. Hold down the Option (PC: Alt)

key to temporarily switch to the Eye-

dropper tool, and click to sample a

dark purple from the background sky.

Then gently paint in shadow areas

across the right sides of the front spi-

ral shapes.

Step 17: Now create a layer for the
“Front Highlights” and clip it onto
the stack. Set the blending mode
to Screen and sample a soft pinkish
yellow color from the sky to paint in
the highlights on the left side of the
structure.

Step 18: With the front section com-

plete, the back section needs the same

treatment. Fortunately, we’ve already

pasted in the layer styles from the

Lighthouse Body Front layer. Repeat

the process of converting the layer

styles to layers, as we did in Step 14

(no need to mask the layer styles this

time, as this is the backside, and the

concerning edges are hidden away);

adding an additional Bevel & Emboss,

as we did in Step 15; and then finally

clipping in Shadows and Highlights

layers and painting them, as we did in

Steps 16 and 17. The focus here is to

get the shadows correct. The deepest

shadows should be directly under the

front spiral shapes.