This guide was made for entry: Mind In Contest: so strange
step 1 of 14
I cut out the face and placed it where I wanted it.
step 2 of 14
I added the "Old Dark Room" image behind the head.
step 3 of 14
I added an edge to the ceiling in this step and also added the dirt image at the top.
step 4 of 14
I cut out a piece of root from my root image source and placed it above the head.
step 5 of 14
I duplicated the root from the last step and color corrected the two images merged then and distorted the top part so it didnt look identical.
step 6 of 14
I used the burn and dodge tool to add shadows and highlights to the root.
step 7 of 14
Here I added a crack to the ceiling and used the burn tool to blend it a bit.
step 8 of 14
In this step I added some difference clouds set to screen around the head an root.
step 9 of 14
In this step I added the tree photo I found on stock.xchng to the top of the photo.
step 10 of 14
I then used the bird brush that I found here: http://qbrushes.net/nature/5-bird-brushes/ to draw birds on the right side of the image. I also created a rainbow on the left side using the gradient tool low opacity and a gaussian blur.
step 11 of 14
I had to replace one of my sources, "The Old Dark Room". So I decided to create my own room. so I found a photo of wood and used perspective to make the ceiling and floor.