bleded them together until i thought it looked good
step 4 of 9
drew out the shape i wanted the tongue to be and applied a gradient
step 5 of 9
got a rough idea of where i wanted to place the source image
step 6 of 9
used he/saturation to adjust the colour
step 7 of 9
applied the texture or the slug to the shape i wanted and reinforced the highlight of the slug to make it look better
step 8 of 9
used the brush tool to add red bits to the models hair just because i personally thought it would give her that badass edge and make the image look cooler lol
step 9 of 9
set it to soft light then to finish off the final image i changed the brightness/contrast settings to my taste :)