Creating imaginative art - Enter the fantasy land
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| Start
by opening an image of open book. |
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| 1.
CREATING THE BASE |
Create
page shape using pen tool. |
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| Double
click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown. |
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| Similarly
create the facing page. |
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| 2.
LOCATE THE FANTASY LAND |
| Open
an image of a landscape. Rotate according to the book angle. |
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Move this layer right above the left page layer in layer order in layer
palette. Press Ctrl+Alt+G to create clipping mask. |
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| Duplicate
the image and move this layer right above the right page layer. Press Ctrl+Alt+G
to create a clipping mask. |
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| Ctrl+Click
the layer thumbnail to get the selection. From select menu select modify>>contract.
Contract the selection by 3 pixel. |
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| Create
a new layer and fill it with black to white gradient in linear mode. Change
the layer mode to "Hard Light" and opacity to 30%. |
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| 3.
ENTER THE PRINCESS |
| Insert
an image of a lady on the beach. |
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| Create
selection of the lady using polygon lasso tool. Press Ctrl+Shift+J to cut
paste the selection in a new layer. |
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| Clone
the area using clone stamp tool. Select eraser tool with feathered brush
settings and erase the area as shown in the image below. |
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| Unhide
the lady layer and place as shown in the image below. |
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| 4.
ILLUSION OF REFLECTION IN THE BOOK |
| Duplicate
the layer and remove the lower portion as shown in the image. |
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| Change
the layer mode to "Pin Light" and opacity to 50%. |
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