How to Create a Surreal Flying Brain Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Step 21

Select the Brush tool (B) then load the brush shown in the image below.

Paint the hair by clicking once anywhere. Make sure that your foreground color is black and brush opacity set to 100%.

Step 22

Rename the layer to “Hair” then go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.

Now rotate and position her hair like shown in the image below. Once you’re done, you can duplicate the layer (Ctrl/Cmd+J) and resize it to add more hair. If you do this, make sure you merge both of the layers back together by pressing Ctrl/Cmd+E (with the top hair layer selected).

Step 23

Create a new layer below the Sea layer. Set your foreground color to white then select the Brush tool. Using a soft brush (0% feather) with a brush size around 600 pixels, paint around the landscape like shown in the image below.

Step 24

Rename this layer to “White Glow” then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to 43 pixels then click OK.

Step 25

Duplicate this layer then drag the new layer above the Sea layer. Make sure it is clipped to the layer below – if it isn’t, right-click and select Create Clipping Mask. Set the blending mode to Soft Light.

Step 26

Activate the Free Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd+T or Edit > Free Transform). Scale the image like shown below.

Step 27

Select the first Dodge/Burn layer.

Use the Burn tool (B) to burn the area shown in the image below. I used a brush size of 1300 pixels with the range set to midtones and exposure at 100%.

Step 28

Select the layer with the model. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Vibrance. Apply the settings as shown below.

Step 29

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation. Apply the settings as shown below.

Step 30

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter. Apply the settings as shown below.

Step 31

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast. Apply the settings as shown below.

Step 32

Select the four adjustment layers (Hold Ctrl/Cmd to select more than one layer) then right-click and choose Create Clipping Mask.

Step 33

Go to the Brain layer then press Ctrl/Cmd+J to duplicate the layer. Change the blending mode of the new layer to Multiply.

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