How to Create a Sleek Digital Art of a Portrait with Fun Elements

Step 36

Create a new layer and use the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M) to draw a circle on the canvas. Use a large soft white brush to paint inside this circle.

Hit Ctrl+D to deselect this circle and convert it to a Smart Object. Move it to the top right of the middle circles and use Ctrl+T to resize it to be smaller. Change this layer mode to Overlay 100%.

Step 37

Duplicate this layer and lower the opacity mode to Overlay 70%. Continue duplicating it twice and move them to the lower right and top left of the middle circles.

Step 38

Open the light ray image and hit Ctrl+J to duplicate this layer. Select the Liquify Tool and use the Forward Warp Tool to turn the light ray into a curve as shown below:

Drag this part into the main canvas using the Move Tool and place it in the bottom left. Change this layer mode to Linear Dodge 100% and use a layer mask to remove the hard edges.

Step 39

Duplicate this layer and flip vertically (Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical). Place it in the top right of the canvas and use Ctrl+T to make it a bit larger.

Use its layer mask to erase the lower part of this curve.

Step 40

Create a group for these two layers and change the group’s mode to Linear Dodge 100%. Make a Levels adjustment layer to increase the visibility of the curves.

Step 41

Make a new layer and and use a soft brush with the color #bb96d2 to paint on the left of the canvas. Reduce the brush size and change its color to #f0eafb to paint inside this brush part. Convert this layer to a Smart Object and use Ctrl+T to make it thinner. Move it to the flying hair part of the model. Duplicate this layer, flip it horizontally and move it to another side of the hair. Use Ctrl+T with the Warp mode to bend these light parts to fit the form of the head.

Step 42

Make a new layer and use a soft brush with the colors #d263a7 and #d263a7 to paint around the model and middle circles. Change the mode of this layer to Soft Light 100%. Add a mask to this layer and use a soft black brush to reduce the color effect on the bottom of the circles.