Original image

step 1 of 8
First you need to know that this special kind of hatter we use to feed is not esy to get content. you have to decide about ambient scene. best is to scatch the idea.
In this case i wanted the largest cutlery ive ever seen. this will add some flaver of absurdness to the picture. and the hatter had to have a noncharming, big smile.
(brush on extralayer)

step 2 of 8
well, now that the table is dressed, we will see what else this gumscqare can do for the atmosphere of the room. I blured it once, twice, changed the color and decided that it was a wonderfull sky. so we have a place for the meal now.
time to set the table!

step 3 of 8
but they would be tastyer with pepper and salt. trasromed, liquified and leveltreated there are they. i cut the part out where the salt would be. for the leftover bottle i used a plasticwrapfilter filter and dodge for make it a little glassy. pepper is broun salt. and thats a case for hue/saturation. The closing is a half bubblegum. desaturated and dodged for the shining metaleffect. i "burned" holes in it for a better communication between the meal and the salt/pepper, when they decide to get in contact.

step 4 of 8
oh wonderfull bubblegum, transformed in three different ways, put together as one single cylinder. dyed red and green.
The dishes are missed. Thats need a change. (also in the color and form of the blue bubblegum again) I doubled it, Put it together to a disk for the bubbleberrys. delicious!

step 5 of 8
His head is full of bubblegum: (ok, its completly made from liquified or transformed gum) for the eyebrows i used the smudgtool. again: curves, colors, levels for get a acceptable skintone. I refined it with dodge and burn.

step 6 of 8

step 7 of 8
thats the trick to make a meal a synphonie. (and to get a fork and a knife)
The hold is made with a piece of it, motionblur, spongefilter and colored original in softlightlayermode. the borders and the metalpiece on the end is the same tubapart. for the forks spikes i used - as for the blade another part of the instrument. than a little dodge and burn, and ready are the big big cutles. but just in its basics ;)

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step 8 of 8
Were nerly ready now... the hatter has arrived, the desk is arranged, but oh no, he has no hands to hold his cutles! As so often, bubblegum is the soution.
we are ready now. everything else is now to the hatter. enjoy!

Final result

