Original image
step 1 of 9
The frog was imported into the source, which was previously cropped
step 2 of 9
I selected a patch of sand using the marquee tool, and using the liquify tool i matched the shape of the frog. Using a layer mask I revealed the eyes and nostril of the frog, and then using the dodge and burn tools I added depth
step 3 of 9
The same process is repeated in the creation of the sand frog
step 4 of 9
...front leg
step 5 of 9
Hind leg
step 6 of 9
Using a custom brush and two colours sampled from the source, i created sand streaming from the frog's mouth
step 7 of 9
Part of the source was selected and imported intoa nother blank document. A gradient from a lighter blue to a darker blue was added. Bumps were added to the ground using the liquify tool, and the sand was transformed using the perspective transform
step 8 of 9
Colours matched
step 9 of 9
Frog added and masked, shadow was also painted
Final result
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