A Work in Progress: A Fantasy Scene



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Lets start a good tutorial for creating a glorious fantasy scene. Believe me all those Images are clicked by me and no stock photos used. Ok lets start with a new document of 1490 * 1490 pixels. Open our source image and resize to the composition. Then using the pentool cut the tress. You will soon come to know Why I am doing this. After cutting the tress add color balance to the image.

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Add clouds of some great fantasy colors Just like I did below and apply color dodge over the tips of those clouds.

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Create a new layer and place this layer below all those layers.

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Create a new blank layer below the moon layer and changing a few brush scattering setting apply it to give a starfield look.

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Create a new layer above the waterfall layer and apply the water brushes provided to us by readstock of the deviantart.

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Create a new layer and name that layer Fairy. Cut the girl with your favourite tool and add her on the rock just as I did below.

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Now I would like to request moderators to believe me that the butterflies in this image are all taken and clicked by me for which I am providing the uncut copy below.

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Another image of the butterfly

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Cut them and use them like I have done here below to make it look like a fantasy scene. Dont forget to add an outer glow to it and even create those butterflies on a new layer.

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Now another of my own clicked image of flowers which I am providing the uncut copies.

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Another of my own clicked flower picked which we will be using them to our scene.

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Now cut those flowers and add them to our scene and I hope you all are quite aware of how to cut an image...:)

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Create a new layer and using a soft brush of 300 pixels create a light green dot over our model. Change the layer blending mode to Liner burn.

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We are almost done. Create a new layer above all layers and name that layer fantasy stars. Go to the brushes window and select a 192 pixel star which is in there by default. By playing around with a few scattering and spacing settings apply it to our scene just like as I did below.

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Finally merge all those layers and then add a few adjustment layers like color balance, curves, levels and photo filter to get an effect like below. There you have it friends, a beautiful fantasy scene.

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Final result

Creation of A Fantasy Scene: Final Result

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