Beginning with the background image, separate the sky from the bottom to make it easier for the moon placement and shadowing later on.
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Bathing fairy steps. Select out the fairy from its original background and use hue and saturation adjustment to change coloring and then create reflection for the pond.
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Follow same steps for kneeling angel
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Position them where you want to in the water and ice float.
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Follow same steps on flying fairy and place it in the scene.
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Select out the fairytale castle from it's background and move it over to main piece. Use a hue and saturation to change coloration and create copy, flip and create reflection.
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Select out the frog for the Fragon(frog-dragon) you will notice that it has a broken toe so fix before you go on. Change coloration with a hue and saturation adjustment layer. I cut things apart in the frog to create the wings and used the warp tool to get what I wanted. Change color of these as well. I also painted in an eye because it didn't have one. Place him in the sky where you think he looks best.
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Here is the placement that I chose.
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This frog is separated from it's background and color adjusted to suit the scene. I placed him where I wanted him and then created a swirl around him by using the elipse selection tool on the water, hitting control J to put it on a new layer, then select it again apply filter, distort, twirl. Use a luminance blend mode and adjust opacity to suit. The other swirls in the water are created the same way. So are the other frogs.
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I used a moon brush and a pale yellow on a new layer, then positioned it between the sky layer and behind the mountains.
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In this image you will see the way the wings are placed. I used brushes for the wings, on their own layers. Apply emboss to give some dimension. This is done for all the fairies.
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The finishing touches were to add a full gradient layer with a darker blue gradient to even up tones and darken to evening. Then experiment with the blend modes and opacity till you are satisfied with the results. Create a sparkle brush and add sparkles in pleasing places.
Final result
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