Hello!  Hope you’re doing well today :)  Sorry for the long break in tutorials; this holiday season lasted a bit longer for me than usual, including visits with family and whatnot.  From this week on, I plan on releasing a new tutorial every week (though the day may differ from time to time; I’m still working on getting a consistent weekday down).

 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this new tutorial!

 

Images used in this tutorial:

 

Reference Image (via Wikipedia)

Background Textures (.zip file containing the color and transparency maps)

 

Final result:

 

Cyanobacteria