Clearly photo manipulation tutorials have become my favorite. I have been looking for more advanced level tutorials, and this one was labeled as advanced. I think the instructions were clear and I didn't have too many problems with this one, it just took me a while to finish.
I began by adding the pier and sky backgrounds and blending the seam between them. Then I added the body and head of the mermaid-thing, which were two separate parts. The head had to blended in to the sky more, so I used a layer mask and painted over the edges. I cut out the eyes from an animal skull and pasted them in, and used a small soft brush to make the eyes look like they are glowing. Next I added the ice layer, and I used Select > Color Range to select on the white parts of the image. The next couple steps involved some shading and adding in the hourglass and blending that in. Then I added the waves, and I used 5 different wave images for this. I used Select > Color Range to select the waves, but I found that I had to invert the selection or I would just end up selecting the area around the waves. I added in the person/wizard/magician and used a soft brush to make it look like there is an energy coming from him, like he is summoning the mermaid-thing. Next I added the lighting, and I just used a brush set. I added a mist effect using a gradient overlay. Then I added some color and lighting adjustments until I liked the result. I really like how my image turned out. It actually looks close to what the tutorial image looks like for once.
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