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Step 42

Add new clipping layer. With small, soft brush (ex 2px) pick white beige color. Draw contour of the mask and pattern of mask.

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Step 43

Again add clipping layer. You will create light on mask set. Pick soft brush #968979 color and draw on the left and right side of mask, as shown. For better effect, you can use lighter tones of beige on the edges of mask.

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At the end, change blending mode to Screen.

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Step 44

Back below mask. Create new layer (without clipping). Use small, soft brush, with dark beige color and draw shadows below mask, on the neck and hair. Then change blending mode to multiply.

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Step 45

Below mask place wing. Mask it as is shown. Erase also second wing.

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Step 46

Add Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and make clipping mask (RMB > Create clipping mask). Set it as shown. You should make it brighter, for further transforms of colors.

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Step 47

Next, add adjustment layer with Color/Balance.

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Step 48

Then, add Brightness/Contrast layer – also clippy, because wing is still too dark.

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Step 49

Add new layer and make it clippy (RMB > Create clipping mask). Pick soft, brown brush and draw on the right side of wing.

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Change blending mode to Screen.

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Step 50

On new clipping layer repeat 49 step, but use lighter brush.

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Step 51

Add clipping layer. You will create shadows on wings. Use smaller brush and draw below the feathers. Then change blending option to Multiply.

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Step 52

At the end of making wings, choose on new (without clipping) layer small (1px) white brush and draw light contour.

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Step 53

Place wing layers to one folder, then duplicate it (as shown). Flip whole folder horizontally and transform (ctrl+T).

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Step 54

Go on the top of the layers. On new layer draw with small brush some particles. Then from top menu choose Filter > Blur > Radial blur. Set amount to 2. Then decrease opacity to 75%.

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Step 55

Now place particles brush PSD to your file. Add Radial blur and set it as shown.

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Then add Gaussian blur:

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Next, change opacity of this layer to 14%.

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Step 56

Add new layer. With huge, soft, gray brush draw dots on the bottom of picture. You can also play with opacity. In the corners it’s bigger than above.

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14 responses to “Create a Fantasy Photo Manipulation of Valkyrie”

  1. Awen Retouching Avatar
    Awen Retouching

    Not sure about the mask, but everything else is pretty.

  2. mary Avatar
    mary

    Where’s the tutorial? I can see only a picture!

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  3. Nikhil Rastogi Avatar
    Nikhil Rastogi

    Cool Technique <3

  4. Maidul Islam Avatar
    Maidul Islam

    Your photograph is perfect for Marie’s clipping mask . . . beautiful.

  5. Marlo Avatar
    Marlo

    Obrigado pelo turorial! foi um pouco demorado mas foi gratificante! ^^
    ai está o meu trabalho: http://marloaugusto.deviantart.com/art/Gothic-Fantasy-by-Marlo-484732440

  6. Maidul Islam Avatar
    Maidul Islam

    Nice technique. Really useful…thanks for the post…

  7. marry Avatar
    marry

    good very nice

  8. sanjay singh Avatar
    sanjay singh

    i need the black cloth plzzz

  9. Sarfraz ali Avatar
    Sarfraz ali

    very nice

  10. mod Avatar
    mod

    i need the black cloth plzzzz

  11. Baby Jean B. Velasco Avatar
    Baby Jean B. Velasco

    gorgeous

  12. Morgana Avatar
    Morgana

    Amazing tut! Thank you! :)

  13. zohaib zulfiqar Avatar
    zohaib zulfiqar

    v nice monika

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