How to Create a Space Woman Portrait with Adobe Photoshop

How to Create a Space Woman Portrait with Adobe Photoshop
How to Create a Space Woman Portrait with Adobe Photoshop

Make a Color Balance adjustment layer to change the color of the effect. 

Step 33

Add the nebula texture 2 to the top left of the canvas. Use Ctrl+T with the Warp mode to bend the details on the texture to fit the form of the effect on the model's head.

Change this layer mode to Linear Dodge 100% and use a layer mask to remove the hard edges and the light effect on the head, leaving it visible on the flow of light behind the head.

Step 34

Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change the color of the effect.

Make a Color Balance adjustment layer and alter the Midtones and Highlights settings:

Add a Levels adjustment layer to remove the hard edges and reduce the effect's visibility.

Step 35

Create a new layer on top of the layers and a small brush with the color #a7d7fc to paint some curves besides the face. 

Make a new layer and use a soft brush with the color #1d0c00 to paint inside the circle of light on the forehead. Change this layer mode to Linear Dodge 100%.

Step 36

Make a new layer and use a soft brush with the color #f1c3da to paint on this circle. Change this layer mode to Overlay 100% and duplicate this layer to increase the highlight inside the circle.

Step 37

Create two layers and a small brush with the colors #df50df and #fbfbd2 to paint some colorful details for the light hair.

Step 38

Make a Gradient Map adjustment layer on top of the layers and pick the colors #3a5ba9 and #bd57c2. Change this layer mode to Exclusion 20%.

Add a Curves adjustment layer to increase the contrast of the scene.

Create another Gradient Map adjustment layer and pick the colors #e10019 and #00601b. Lower the opacity of this layer to 20%.

Step 39

Add a Color Balance adjustment layer and alter the Midtones, Shadows and Highlights settings:

Step 40

Make a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change the color of the bottom of the light hair and both sides a little. The selected area shows where to paint on the layer mask.

Create a Curves adjustment to increase the contrast of the whole scene. On this layer mask, use a soft black brush with the opacity about 5-15% to reduce the contrast on the corners and around the model a bit.

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