Tutorial Request?

[Apollosky]

Hey everyone, Im working on a header for a company webpage, that does Trenchless ground disturbances.
(i.e) Directional Drilling, Naumatic Hammering, And Augering. I need some help locating some tutorials or if you have any idea how to go about making,

Dirt/Mud/Gravel Ditches and Roads.
3d-ish Pipe/ or Culvert

It would be greatly appreciated. ;\

 

[Moth]

That's a tough question. I don't recall ever coming across a tutorial specifically about painting ditches and culverts. Here's a site that has some tutorials about creating enviroments. Maybe you can apply some of the techniques. http://www.fengzhudesign.com/tutorials.html

 

[Sean]

Hey, cool link Moth! I really enjoyed looking though some of his works. But, I'm afraid the tutorials might not help, being they're not Photoshop specific and they are tilted more towards obtaing a look and fell of a piece rather that step by step instructions on how do do something. However, why not use some pictures of dirt, gravel, mud, etc.. and use composite those into the header?

 

[Apollosky]

Thanks for the ideas guys. [honesty] I don't know why I had to pick such a Hard project. But Im going to stick to my guns instead of trying to find an easy way out.. I guess I'll be looking for odd tutorials to make up my piece instead of a step by step.
Thanks for the Link moth. Interesting page, Im going to have to spend some time going over it for sure.

 

[Moth]

I am happy to help anyway I can. You may have to look at some "how to paint a landscape" books from your local library or bookstore to get an idea how to paint this in acrylics or oils. From there you can adjust the techniques. I've got a feeling your probably need to make a undercoat layer using two shades of brown and render/clouds. From there it will be airbrushing with either textured brushes or custom brushes. Do a google search for images you can use to make your own textures.