First I created the sand dune using pen tool, made selection, filled it with gradient and applied layer style.
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The sand dune was duplicated and flipped horizontally.
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Then I created the palm tree trunk, made selection, filled it and applied layer style.
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I created the palm tree leaves, made selection, filled them with gradient and applied layer style.
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I created a folder to put the palm tree draws away and duplicated this folder, flipping it horizontally and changing its size.
step 6 of 14
I created the sea and the sky and filled them with gradient.
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The sun was created with a large soft brush.
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On a layer clipped to the sea layer I created the sun reflection.
step 9 of 14
I added shadows to the palm trees.
step 10 of 14
Using the font 'Christmas Lights Outdoor' I wrote the text, rasterized it and using warp tool I 'hung' it on the palm trees trunks. Layer style was applied.
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On a new layer bellow the lampas I filled the empty spaces.
step 12 of 14
I placed the nativity on a new layer, adjusted hue/saturation and brightness/contrast and applied film grain filtre.
step 13 of 14
Applied photocopy filtre and colour burn and added shadows.
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On a new layer at the top I merged all layers, duplicated it, equalized it and applied overlay blending with 50% opacity.
Final result
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