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Step Seven:
The "Cactus" layer contains the foreground rocks as well. For the cast shadows, use the Freehand Polygon in Geometry palette.
When you have rendered the cactus, you can start freehand painting its ribs and spines. Ensure your graphic tablet's response is set to give maximum pressure sensitivity.
Zoom in, 
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One of Satori's fun features comes into its own here, it's the painter's friend; The Brush Undo. Use the keyboard shortcut : Ctrl + Z to access it, or go to Edit and choose Undo [Remove Top Object].
Or: 
The Brush Undo slider allows you to undo your last brushstroke as little or as much as you like. If you make a goof, you can wind back to the last good part of the stroke without erasing the whole stroke, as with so many other paint programs. This unique Satori feature is a brilliant gift to painters.
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A distinctive aspect of the style of "Road Runner" backgrounds is the use of loose outlines which are out of register with the painted elements.
Use a combination of freehand painting and the two line tools in Geometry. Choose a colour that contrasts well with the shapes, without dominating them.
Put some wacky shapes on the arch to finish.
Postscript: Performance issues.
Painting large multi-layer images requires a lot of system resources. You will notice that the RAM figure in the Status bar goes down as you add more and more layers. Performance will become slow especially when rendering zoom views.
If you find that your machine's performance is slowing down, you may need to adopt the strategy described in another tutorial: "The Big Picture". You can find this tutorial in the "Advanced Users" section of the Tutorials page.
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