Original image
step 1 of 14
After masking the lantern and flipping it, created a stem with pen tool.
step 2 of 14
After using dodge and burn to create lines, applied Bas Relief
step 3 of 14
Adjusted color; rearranged light panels; warp, smudge blur to blend
step 4 of 14
Colors adjusted and panels smudged
step 5 of 14
Made tall squash same way: mask lantern, adjust contrast or use clone stamp to soften / blend black lines; smudge tool to blend. Duplicated pumpkin stem layer, adjusted color; added craquelure
step 6 of 14
To create shadows, duplicated layer, turned down both brightness and contrast to 0 (black).
step 7 of 14
"Squeeze" the shadow layer down
step 8 of 14
Skew shadow layer to (hopefully) the correct light angle.
step 9 of 14
To make grapes, circle shape taken from original lantern
step 10 of 14
Circle layer duplicated many times to create nice bunch
step 11 of 14
Hue Saturation layer used to tint grapes. Brightness and contrast were adjusted, bevel and emboss applied for orb shape
step 12 of 14
Leaf created with pen tool, filled. Added layer to apply contrasting/shadowy color. Smudged to blend.
step 13 of 14
Circular gradient applied to image on separate layer to enhance focused, lighter center and darker edges
step 14 of 14
Changed background color through color balance. Background and table are just two rectangle shapes.
Final result
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