Create a Night Fairy Tale of a Mysterious Girl in Photoshop

Step 14

Background ready and now we add depth of field. You will integrate all layers into one (except model layer) and work with it (Cmd/Ctrl + E, then convert it in Smart Object), or create a merged copy (Cmd/Ctrl + Opt/Alt + Shift + E) and convert it to Smart Object. I used the second method, in case you suddenly need to make a change in the overall composition. Now the depth of field. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set Radius: 5.5 pixels.

Select Smart filter layer mask, Take a Gradient Tool (G) with default black & white gradient, Mode: Linear and gradient on it, roughly from the bottom to the waist of a model.

Step 15

Add the main spot of color. It is necessary to focus the viewer on the main character. Add adjustment layer “Gradient Fill” with following gradient #020202 > #3e2d56 > #816e8a > #c4b3c7 > #ecdaef, Mode: Radial, Scale: 200%, Reverse. Set Blending Mode to “Soft Light”, Opacity around 72%, Fill around 73%.

Create a new layer above gradient layer and set Blending Mode to “Soft Light”. Take a Brush Tool (B) with form: soft round, Opacity: 30%, color: # 19294a. Brushed background trees in the left – center side of image.

Step 16

It remains only to add effects to the lilies and the background is ready. But it’s a little later. First, you need to complete the overall composition. Create a new group by using the “Create a new group” icon at the bottom of the Layer panel and name it “foreground”. First, add the “Water plant” image (File > Place…/Place Embedded) in the “foreground” group. The images in the format PNG (without a background) so you just have to change the size and position them where you like. To make a large bush, duplicate the layer (Cmd/Ctrl + J or Layer > Duplicate Layer…), reduce its size, flip horizontal (Cmd/Ctrl + T) and place it under the layer with the main plant.

Step 17

Repeat the same with the images “Foliage 1”, “Foliage 2”, “Foliage 3”. First, I added the picture “Foliage 2”, flip it horizontally (Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal) and is located in the upper right corner. Then the next image “Foliage 3” and “Foliage 1”. To remove the cut edge of the image, add a layer mask to the right layers and black brush clean edges (only try to make it invisible).

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