In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a surreal scene featuring a man with the head of a lamp watching flying birds.  First, we'll build the base scene using images of a sky, mountains, and arch rock. After that, we'll add the man, lamp, and tree and blend them together using adjustment layers, masking, and brushes. Later, we'll import the birds and paint the light effect. We'll use several adjustment layers to enhance the final result. 

Preview of the Final Result

Tutorial Resources

• Sky
• Mountains
• Arch
• Birds 1
• Bird 2
• Man
• Lamp
• Tree

Step 1

Create a new 2000x1333 px document and fill it with white. Open the sky image and drag it into the white canvas using the Move Tool (V).  Place it in the upper section of the canvas.