How to Create a Surreal Artwork of Head with Photoshop

Step 29

Cut out the crow and add him to the top middle of the left of the cloud. Use Ctrl+T to resize him to be much smaller.

Step 30

Create a Curves adjustment layer to brighten the crow. On the layer mask, paint on the legs so they won’t become too bright.

Make another Curves adjustment layer to reduce the contrast on the crow to make him blended better with the dreamy background.

Step 31

Isolate the red leaves from the background and take different leaves to add to the main document. Arrange them around the bottom of the tree to make them fall down from the tree to the ground. Use Ctrl+T with the Warp mode to tweak the leaves so they appear different. Resize them to be much smaller to fit the size of the leaves on the tree.

Step 32

Create a group for the leaves and change the group’s mode to Normal 100%. Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to desaturate the leaves.

Step 33

Make a Color Balance adjustment layer and change the Midtones values:

Step 34

Add a Curves adjustment layer to increase the light for the leaves. On the layer mask, paint on some of the leaves so they won’t become too bright.

Step 35

Create a Gradient Map adjustment layer on top of the layers and pick the color #c598a1 and #114755. Lower the opacity of this layer to 20%.

Step 36

Make a Color Balance adjustment layer and alter the Midtones and Highlights values :

Step 37

Create a Color Fill layers and pick the color #00010e. Change this layer mode to Exclusion 100%.

Step 38

Add a Color Lookup adjustment layer and select FoggyNight.3DL. Lower the opacity of this adjustment layer to 50%.

Step 39

Make a Curves adjustment layer to increase the contrast of the whole scene.

Step 40

Create another Curves adjustment layer to darken the both sides of the whole scene to focus on the middle section. On the layer mask, paint on the middle section to reveal the lightness there.

Step 41

Create a new layer below the hat one and use a small soft brush with the color #030303, the opacity about 20% to paint shadow of the hat on the tree (I totally forgot it! :D).