Darkness Tutorial

Compositing using Maya, PaintFX, and Photoshop...

Started with a black backgroung, a few sky pictures and a moon picture...

Then a few minutes in Maya with nurbs, artisan, and the 3d paint tool...

Add some images of rocks and mountains, masked to fit.

Throw some grunge, rocks, dirt on the grass...

Put some textures and sand down the path...

Finally add in a layer from Maya purely of Paintfx Trees and grass...

Your final result should look similar to this.