Learn how to create magic photo manipulation with big curly cloud, the crescent above the winter landscape and Christmas trees. You may get large (10 x 8 in, 300px/in) editable .psd* file of "Christmas Dream" Photoshop tutorial by making a payment. Put the tutorial title in "Add special instructions to seller" line of PayPal and it will be sent to you shortly.

 

  • Select a small part of the large cloud with the Lasso Tool, in order to copy cloud area including all settings and adjustment layers go to Edit > Copy Merged. paste selected area into a new layer above the crescent. You may correct small cloud shape using Liquify filter.

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Insert sheep head.

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Add Gradient Map Adjustment layer/clipping mask to the head layer.

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • For the gradient map use the colors similar to colors around the "cloud sheep".

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Use soft translucent brush (opacity ~30%) to draw body shapes.

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Use clouds brushes to add some curls.

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Use the similar actions to create second and all other animals.

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Add Gradient Map Adjustment layer above all created layers

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Use very bright and light colors for the Gradient map:

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • First, fill adjustment layer mask with the black color, then process with the small translucent brush to create bright reflections:

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Here is the selection of these areas:

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Insert Fireworks image above. Actually I duplicated this layer and reflected it horizontally and vertically. Then I merged two layers in center part. One duplicate is covering another a little bit.
  • In order to apply arc transformation, go to Edit > Transform > Warp > Arc.

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Apply Screen Blending Mode to this layer:

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Add layer mask to this layer and process some areas with the soft translucent brush to make some areas less shiny or erase stars from the clouds and animals.

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Add Hue/Saturation adjustment layer/clipping mask to correct stars color.

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Here are the settings for the adjustment layer:

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • In order to remove white light shade from stars background and make them more contrast apply levels adjustment layer:

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Here are the Levels adjustment layer:

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Finally, add some warm shades/reflections to the whole scene.
  • Create Selective Color adjustment layer. Then fill adjustment layer mask with the Reflected gradient:

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

  • Selective Color settings:

Christmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D modelChristmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D modelChristmas Dream Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon or crescent 3D model

And here is the result!

Christmas Dream. Fairy night with the crescent above the clouds. Moon craters 3D model. Fairy Christmas snoe and icy landscape.

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