This guide was made for entry: Face Off In Contest: notes
Original image
step 1 of 10
Resized canvas/
step 2 of 10
Found this image and used healing brush to fix some the blemishes on her complexion.
step 3 of 10
Desaturated and dragged to my main image.
step 4 of 10
Found this image and used it for the hands' source.
step 5 of 10
Edged hand, used brightness.contrast and liquefy/push tool to fix edges.
step 6 of 10
Used the mask tool on each note then dragged the mask to the background on a separate pallet, copying each facial feature.
step 7 of 10
I now have an image like this.
step 8 of 10
Added a black background and used the burn tool to get a nice mask on the hair.
step 9 of 10
Final step, removed the woman's face using, pattern stamp, dodge, healing brush, smudge and blur. Added some shadows to the clothes pin to create shadow.