Original image
step 1 of 8
source taken to liquify. bloating done on eyes, pushing done to ears, along with puckering to bring them to a point.
step 2 of 8
burning and dodging to give more depth to the face. dodging done to the eyes to make them entirely black, except the highlights.
step 3 of 8
head extracted from orginal source background. hair removed and skin patched back in.
step 4 of 8
eyebrows removed. a light aqua overlay layer done with blending mode set to color. more shading done on the skin.
step 5 of 8
fish tail selected from fish source, and pasted over crown of head, then transformed to match curve of head using warp. Layer blending mode set to soft light.
step 6 of 8
selected fish fin from fish source, pasted over face, and transformed and warped to fit contours of cheek. set layer blending to soft light.
step 7 of 8
finish covering face and shoulders in fish fins.
use soft eraser set at 25% opacity to erase hard edges from all the layers covering the face so it blends well together.
adjust as needed.
use soft eraser set at 25% opacity to erase hard edges from all the layers covering the face so it blends well together.
adjust as needed.
step 8 of 8
added background. color adjusted (hue and saturation mostly), guassion blur done to soften.
before its done, i added a solid fill layer of pink hue as the very top layer and set the blending mode to soft light to give it the extra glow.
before its done, i added a solid fill layer of pink hue as the very top layer and set the blending mode to soft light to give it the extra glow.
Final result
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