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Building a 18-Layer Composite in Photoshop 2026: What Aaron Nace's Dark Force Tutorial Taught Me About Workflow Discipline
A client came to me last month with a brief that read, essentially, “make it feel like a fantasy world, but real.” A hero figure, moody architecture, atmospheric light, animals. The kind of composite that looks impossible until you see the layer stack and realize it’s just a long series of disciplined decisions made in the right order. I’ve been building composites professionally for over fifteen years. I still revisit foundational tutorials when I hit a project that exposes a gap in my process.