How to Create a Disturbing Scene of a Flooded Room with a Giant Hand Carrying a Fish

Next, activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) and resize the image as shown below:

The result:

Now, we would need to erase some parts of the hand to make it look like it really is on water. To start, activate the Eraser tool (E) and input the following:

• Brush size: 90px
• Hardness: 0%
• Opacity: 100%
• Flow: 100%

When you have those ready, erase the part shown on the image below:

The result should be similar to this:

Next, we will be fixing the light and darkness of the hand. To start, create a new layer (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + N) and then name it “Darken hand”. Once created, right-click on this layer and then click on “Create Clipping Mask”. Now, let’s activate the Brush tool and input the following:

• Brush size: 500px
• Hardness: 0%
• Opacity: 15%
• Flow: 100%
• #: 000000

Once you’ve set those, let us now paint:

The result of that should be similar to this:

Next, we will add a shadow under the hand to create the illusion that there is light above it. To start, create a new layer (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + N) and name it: “Shadow”. Before you proceed, put this “Shadow” layer below the “Hand” layer because if it is above, it will be painting on the hand as well.

Activate the Brush tool (B) and then input the following:

• Brush size: 200px
• Hardness: 0%
• Opacity: 15%
• Flow: 100%
• #: 00010a

When you’re done, let’s now paint:

The result:

Step 5: Create the Fish

In this step, we will be adding the fish which we will put inside the glass ball. To start, open the stock image: “Scary Fish” by xNickixstockx and activate the Move tool (V). Drag the whole stock image to our canvas and put it on top of all the layers. Once there, rename this layer to “Fish”. Notice that this is a huge image so we would need the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) to scale it to a smaller size. Transform the fish to this size:

Now, we only need the fish and not its background and to delete this simple background we would need a simple technique as well and that is through the use of the Magic Wand tool (W). See image below:

Using this Magic Wand tool (W), left-click on the background of the “Fish” layer.

Now that you’ve selected it using this tool, hit Delete on your keyboard and watch the background disappear. The result:

Now that you’re done, select all the layers that you’ve created in this step and then group them (Ctrl/Cmd + G) and name the group to “Fish”.

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