The process used was mainly cutting out parts of sources, adjusting sizes and colors and warping some parts into shape using puppet warp.
Masks, layer effects, glow, subtle drop shadows on some snowflakes, emboss, and various blending modes were used on different layers.
Some parts are painted using the source brushes and others are painted using the brushes which come already installed with photoshop.
The background is just a gradient layer fill with an overlay of a "render clouds" layer.
(5 years and 650 days ago)
I didn't enter this contest because it seemed like such a boring subject to me. But damn did the artists do some fantastic work! This one really amazed me and was (I think) the highest rated chop I ever voted on. It's amazing what this program can do, and it's amazing what you (yes you author) have created.
Wow Thank you very much BWR. I consider that extremely high praise from you.
I am honored.
I am especially taken with your notes which really help out newbies to photoshop. I love everything about your work but I did not warm up to the coloured in aspect...but that is a truly subjective opinion on my part. Your work is always over the top perfect.
What coloured in aspect are you referring to?
The scores I get tell me that my work is average. It is far from over the top perfect.
If it was over the top perfect, my scores on here would be in the 90% range 
I appreciate your enthusiasm though. Thank you. 
No one is in the 90% range. Your scores only reflect the votes, which are sometimes unfair and do not represent your real qualities. Your work is more on the over the top quality side than on the average side
Thank you Sylvie, Olga and BWR. I appreciate your encouragement and high praises.
I think it's a typo, or I was high chewing magic mushrooms. I meant the red berries in her hair or rather red berries in general that's all. See, Sylvie, BMW and I all think your work is wonderful...and three of us cannot be wrong.
Chewing magic mushrooms? LOL. You are hilarious. Whether people like the red berries or not is subjective for sure. I love the frozen red berries and left them red deliberately for contrast. Making them all blue, just looked too boring to me.
Lovely chop.
Thanks BWR.
Congrats....I liked this one a lot 
Thanks Olga.
Congratulation.
Thank you very much.
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Ive always wanted to live in a fish. Umm.... not really :).
Put the path on the grass and made her a lovely fish to live in. Added a sky, flag, birds, and scarecrow too. (5 years and 671 days ago)
I like it
TY my friend.
Really nice, but check the woman's shadow! (Probably wouldn't be much of one with a sky like that...). Holding vote.
I think you're right as per usual CMYK. TY.
Just to be clear, it's more the angle of the shadow. Look at the shadows of the windmill blades to see the light source.
It's a tricky light source IMO. In the source image, the shadows on the bushes are going to our right. On the small wood posts on the right side of the source, the shadows go to our left. On the windmill... I dunno. Gonna do what I can. TY for the help CMYK.
Did what i thought was best.
Looks good to me now.
My kinda photoshop creation....simple and strong with good blending. Top notch.
Mahalo still26
Congratulations on 2nd place. Great work.
Thanks SA.
Ahhhh marvelous , simply marvelous. Congrats. 
mahalo still26
Congrats again BW
TY z
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its a shame i have to cover he beautiful boobies :( (5 years and 1186 days ago)
Watch, or witch??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th0G8rkhBqg
Watch lol :p
I hate it when this happens to me, especially when the cauldron drops on my toes. Great job
I like the blending.... Good luck.
Congrats on 2nd
wtg Old friend ...nice to see you back
Thanks guys
Congrats!
Congratulations, nicely done....!
Congrats!
Congrats Nicky!!
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all set! :) (5 years and 1204 days ago)
Very Artsy Fartsy.. hehehe.. awesome Good luck! Just be careful when using sources from FLICKR.. make sure you thank the Artist directly or they can get a little bitchy. Just from my experience. I forgot to mention an artist by name and I got reamed... just a cranky letter but it was enough to make me twitch. hehehe GREAT JOB!
Lol good advice Ernie
I like it!
thank you Randy!
Very artistic linework.
Great use of filters and effects.
Thank you Angel!
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Another wonder, wow!
Thank you thank you. I try really really really hard. I pour my soul into these things.
I can tell
Congratulations another excellent creation
Thanks Majkman.
Congrats ! very good chop
Sorry I am late but thanks lolu!!
Congrats B, you deserved to win I believe, but I did, can't believe it
A good win for you Z!!!
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