Paste the source image (ship) onto an image of an iceberg.
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Tilt the ship to make it appear to be sinking
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Add three runners and a life raft.
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Select pieces of ice from sources. Distort the shape and place on deck.
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Usinga texture brush, erase parts of the ice so the deck shows through. Add shadows.
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Paint on some water trails behind the lumps of ice.
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Adjust position/size of runners. Darken the sky with gradients.
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Turn the scene into night with levels adjustments.
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Put some shadow on the runners.
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Turn the speakers into lights by painting and radial gradients. Direct some light from ship onto the life raft with levels and hue/saturation adjustments.
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Paste on the firework image.
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Delete the background from firework image. Paint on a curving tail. Using smoke shaped brush, paint on some smoke behind the firework image using greys and reds.
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Add some more ice to the edges of the deck. Brighten up the life raft. Turn on the low decking lights by adding a yellow glow between the grille.
Add some highlights to top of iceberg.
Refine lighting everywhere.