In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a colorful woman portrait using abstract elements and variety of photo manipulation techniques. First we'll create a dark background and import the model. After that, we'll add the flowers, paint some light effect and make a colorful hair with light streaks. We'll use several adjustment layers to complete the final effect.

Preview of Final Result

Tutorial Resources

• Model
• Lips
• Flowers 1
• Flowers 2
• Flowers 3
• Light 1
• Light 2
• Nebula

Step 1

Create a new 2000x2000 px document in Photoshop and fill it with white (feel free to make your own dimension and name the file whatever you want). Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Color Fill and  pick the color #00050f or any similar dark colors you like.