cut skill . flip and turn to create nest. .. background. insert moon on new layer,fill any spare background with black.

new layer. fill with black , set layer mode to colour dodge. using white paint stars.

cut bamboo from skull warp to create tree and branch.


using gray paint birds .. big.. add FX.. colour overlays to colour birds. use teeth/skull and bamboo as overlays/clipping masks for texture.

Babybird: take female bird, enlarge head, shrink body and paint larger eyes. transform to smaller size to fit nest

use hue saturation, gradient overlay, and dodge/burn layer to add colour and shadow/highlights.