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This tutorial will explain how to make a beautiful fairy from a single source image.
We'll go over each step on how to make the feathers, the hat, the background, the grass and the mountains.


End result:
Create a Beautiful  Lonely Fantasy Fairy Final Image

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Score: 9 / 10
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Step 1

This is the source image from "Red Berries" contest.
http://www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-contest/4528/red-berries.html.


Step 2

First we create wings from the source image.Cutout the Berries from the source image and use Warp tool (Edit -> Transform -> Warp) to change it like the image below.


Step 3

Now select Smudge tool and set the values below and smudge around the edges of the source.


Step 4

Now color balance the smudged object.


Step 5

Now again use the warp tool and adjust the wing shape and Hue/saturate the image like below .


Step 6

The wings part is over.Now we make a fairy's body.First select berries and transform it and then use the warp tool to adjust the shape.The arrows indicates the direction how to warp the source image.


Step 7

This step explain you how to make fairy's hat from source.


Step 8

Now create fairy's hair.Select the wings image (step 3) and transform it like below.


Step 9

Now goto layer ->New Adjustment Layer -> Hue/saturation or contl + U short cut key and adjust the colors.


Step 10

Use Smudge tool again same value in step 3 to smudge it like the image below.


Step 11

Now create rock.See the details in the image below.


Step 12

Use Filter -> Liquify and adjust it.


Step 13

This step shows you to create the background.


Step 14

This is the other objects create from source image and scratch.


Step 15

Make stars using brush tool.


Step 16

Make Moon using brush tool.


Step 17

This is the final image.Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.Good luck!



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62 Comments:

avatar Alan2641lvl: 10
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Alan2641 says:

Nice job on the feathers and hair -- like the effect

(219 days ago)
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fahdlynx says:

great work... well done

(219 days ago)
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Akassa says:

Really creative, lovely!

(219 days ago)
avatar Jeantz080807lvl: 1
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nice high quality

(211 days ago)
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Guest says:

Beautiful result... and well explained.
Thanks

(208 days ago)
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Wonkaga says:

Great job. Good way to use one picture to make up another great job.

(208 days ago)
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Guest says:

it lovely job. no words to express. just love it

(207 days ago)
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gibbo192 says:

Fantastic....it looks so simply when you explain it in the tutorial, great creative flair !!

(207 days ago)
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Guest says:

ang galing

(206 days ago)
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Guest says:

Holy crap! I mean, I'm not into this style kind of fairy worlds and all, but they way you took something and showed us how to turn it into an amazing scene like that is mindblowing, atleast to me. Well done!

(206 days ago)
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Guest says:

It is so beautiful work

(206 days ago)
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Guest says:

It is a creative work that you have presented.
Very well done.

(205 days ago)
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Guest says:

woooow i must admit it you are a genius
no one would think of this technique(i am talking about the wings)nice job

(205 days ago)
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Guest says:

i never try yet..but...it was a good effort of design...

(204 days ago)
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Guest says:

I don't believe in god , but now i swear you are one , suresh

(204 days ago)
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Angeli says:

Fantastic....

(204 days ago)
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Guest says:

i love it )

(204 days ago)
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Guest says:

its 100% great

(204 days ago)
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Guest says:

this is what you call creative, makin a beautiful image from such a limited resource (also turning one image into a completely different one). thanks for the tutorial.

(202 days ago)
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Alkhall says:

Amazing creativity I really enjoyed this tutorial many thnx. :0)

(202 days ago)
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Guest says:

just amazing. One little detail and you made a wonderful image. Also thank for the smudge tool tips. Now I understand it more

(201 days ago)
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Guest says:

superb , great , excellent , nowords for u, hope to c more

(199 days ago)
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Guest says:

sooooo nice

(199 days ago)
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Guest says:

Absolutely genius! Extremely original technique to create this =D amazing..it takes lot of patience to finish this piece which I don't have at all xD

(197 days ago)
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Guest says:

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

(197 days ago)
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Guest says:

very good

(193 days ago)
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devangel says:

very beautiful, i love this

(193 days ago)
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Guest says:

absolutely mind blowing!!!

(190 days ago)
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Guest says:

amazing!
I thought it was an actual picture of a girl. That's so cool!

(186 days ago)
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Guest says:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing! It really amazed me how you thought of it....

(183 days ago)
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Guest says:

Wow!!!!!! all from berries. Fantastic imagination

(179 days ago)
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Guest says:

Amazing.

(178 days ago)
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Guest says:

I'll never be able to do that... :S

(177 days ago)
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Guest says:

wow,,,, all stuff are just created in few source,,,,

nice tut. ,.,, =)

(169 days ago)
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Guest says:

http://taodang3.forumotion.net/forum-f11/topic-t33.htm

(164 days ago)
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Guest says:

very very nice photoshop creativity

(163 days ago)
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Guest says:

great work great imagination i hope i have it too !

(163 days ago)
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Guest says:

super creative

(163 days ago)
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Guest says:

this is amazing i would do that fairy

(159 days ago)
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Guest says:

GREAT!

(159 days ago)
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Guest says:

Simply fantastic! you are a genious with great imagination. it appears you can turn any thing into any thing you like. Thanks for opening a new horizon for us.

(158 days ago)
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Guest says:

Amazing!!

(155 days ago)
avatar justin8787lvl: 2
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Imagination, skill, colors, depth's, explenation, final result... 10/10

(151 days ago)
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Guest says:

awsum dude

(150 days ago)
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Guest says:

Thank you very much for this lovely creation. It inspired me and taught me something new: smudging.

(136 days ago)
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Guest says:

goooooooooooooood

(134 days ago)
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Guest says:

Amazing!!

(134 days ago)
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Guest says:

I had nooo idea PS could do all this and have owned it since V5 (have CS2 now and trust me...I will update to CS4 after viewing this site!!). Well I'm definately blown away and feel like I'm still in 3rd grade coloring class :/

(125 days ago)
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Guest says:

excellent !!!!!

(123 days ago)
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Guest says:

Thank... for this tutorial...Beautiful result... and well explained.

(113 days ago)
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Guest says:

Thank... for this tutorial...Beautiful result... and well explained.

(113 days ago)
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Guest says:

superb

(104 days ago)
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Guest says:

i did it came out crap

(97 days ago)
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Guest says:

i know mine did 2

(97 days ago)
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Guest says:

quite a genuine idea of creating such a wonderful image. i like it

(79 days ago)
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Guest says:

nice

(65 days ago)
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Guest says:

omg. who ever thought, red berries can turn into a fairy?

(65 days ago)
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Guest says:

This is AMAZING!!! Thank you so much!

(65 days ago)
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Guest says:

150/100% if it was possible GREAT

(62 days ago)
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4ik says:

very good job

(41 days ago)
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Guest says:

wow....good

(29 days ago)
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Guest says:

wow..what a great tutorial...thank you!

(1 day 1 hr ago)


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