So many petals for such a small flower! (Patreon)

One of the major downsides to my lighting style is I like to have the lights close, so much so that they appear in almost every image and need to be removed image I need to remove. Close up shots aren't so bad but wide shots, group shots of large cosplays can prove to be a headache.

As you can see in the original shot below there is a lot of extra information that needs removing, lights, stands, cape throwers etc.

BTS of Caper thrower at work

I've been using a lot of petals in shots recently, this one and its sister image, plus the gamma con images of Belle and Snow White.

I got the petals in a couple of sets (White/Pink and Red) along with a few other overlays when I bought a bundle special a while ago.

The overlay used in this image is from this set: https://creativemarket.com/MixPixBox/618524-White-and-Pink-Petals-Overlays

In fact the feature images uses on overlay (pictured below, the original is a transparent PNG, I added the black so you can see it properly). I duplicated this layer about 3 times and scaled, rotated and painted in the bits I wanted to get the shape.

Overlays are great if you buy high quality, high resolution PNGs with transparent backgrounds.