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This tutorial gives you some insight in to techniques and concepts that I have employed in my digital illustration "Chasing The Unreachable", which is available in a high resolution over here: [link]

Learn how to:
- Create and colorize a textured background
- Create a custom brush-style in Adobe Photoshop
- Employ the Smudge-Tool and Displace-Filter
- Create and modify custom vector-shapes
- Optimize color-curves and alter colors using adjustment layers
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