Photoshop + ComfyUI

With this technique, you can add that little bit of OOMPH! you need to take your digital painting to the next level!

The ai suggests little visual improvements, and you can mask in whatever parts you like best!

I'm thinking about doing an original painting of Durin looking into the Mirrormere sometime soon, so make sure to subscribe to catch that awesomeness!

TOOLS:
Photoshop (not free)
ComfyUI (free) + plus a bunch of free custom nodes

If you like John Carpenter's THE THING, the ALIEN franchise, or CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, then you might also like my novel THE SCREAMING VOID, available on Amazon and Arkhaven.
Amazon link: https://a.co/d/fCtnglB
Arkhaven link: https://www.arkhaven.com/comics/thriller/the-screaming-void