Merged sky and grass of source one with the castle and path of source 2
step 2 of 17
Added the couple source
step 3 of 17
painted hair & usied a mix of smudge paint and burn to give an illustration effect
step 4 of 17
step 5 of 17
added fox blending using the eraser and grass blade brush. Increased vibrance to match background
step 6 of 17
added horse source with guassain blur, added shadows
step 7 of 17
added tree source with a slight outer glow
step 8 of 17
over painted the apples to make golden
step 9 of 17
added bird source, taking a selection of the wing and wrping to make tail, liquify tool used to make claws. Duplicated layer and added motion blur.
step 10 of 17
Some levels and color adjustments to complete the image.
step 11 of 17
moved image to a new document, added green gradient background and text.
Title plaque made using the shape tool rounded rectangle filled with gold gradient.
step 12 of 17
added rusty texture to the background and text to the plaque
step 13 of 17
moved to another new document with 2 gradient backgrounds. Using transform perspective on the cover.
step 14 of 17
with a selection of the cover background I used warp tool to bend the texture for the spine.
step 15 of 17
used pen tool to create back cover an pages on 3 seperate layers. Filled with various gradients and burn tool.
step 16 of 17
with paintbrush tool added thickness to the cover & spine. Using a bigger soft brush added highlight to the spine.
step 17 of 17
added spine text rotating 90 degrees & using a slight warp to fit spine.