Make heart shape in Illustrator, standard shape with inner opening.
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Delete inner path, filled entirely with red now.
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3D Bevel/Extrude.
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Painting done with mixer brush to blend better.
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Render clouds, warp.
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Adjust bevel to corner of 'room'.
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Warp floor to curved edge. (Used perspective first.)
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Paint some shadow.
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Rectangle marquee, fill with pattern, add noise, smudge out fringe with tablet. The scarf represents the life-path - beyond the heart, and connecting the skull and ship.
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Wave distort.
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Hue-Sat adjustment.
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Black fill, noise, levels adjustment to make stars.
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Northern Lights set to Screen to show it's there, but adjusted back to Color for final image.
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Skull style adjustment.
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Exposure adjustment on window - distorted via perspective. Decided to remove the arcane circle around the heart and the second ship.
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Additional paint, lighten, clip to window.
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Type layer styles. Low opacity white paint behind both paragraphs for better clarity.