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Hi!
I hope you like my new entry! :D
I always wanted to do something with a sea monster, in this case a sea tortoise but hey, they sure do look like sea monsters..

Well ALLOT of layers, cutting out using the pen tool, lighting and shading, masking sure came in handy :) and at the end some nice tweaks..

Please leave a comment saying what you think :) And I do appreciate critique so keep them coming! :)

Cheers.

It took me a while searching for the right pics and cropping them. I added some flowers to the foreground to make it more attractive. For the mystic light coming from the background, I made a new layer with a black and white gradient and blended it over the layer with the trees. I used a smooth scattered brush in light pink and white for the fairy glow.
The overall color adjustment was made with an orange photofilter and a new layer with brown color and less opacity.

Thanks to:
- aidasonne, juanjo tugores, Saniphoto and Friedrich Hartl @ Photoxpress.

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