In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a surreal photo manipulation using grass texture, grunge brushes and color correction.
Materials for the lesson:
Step 1
Create a new document sized 900 * 1169 pixels with a black background. Grunge brushes fill the background as shown below:
Tip: set the brush pressure and opacity to about 40-60%, you can use eraser 
(E) to erase excess areas.
Cut a woman and paste it into the working paper, then adjust the size as shown below:
Apply filter to model Filter – Blur – Surface Blur (Filter – Blur – Blur on the surface) with the following settings:
Now we activate eraser (E) and grunge brushes remove the edges of the model, as shown below:
You can adjust the opacity and pressing of the eraser while working to get a more interesting result:
Step 2
Now add some adjustment layers to the model layer and transform them into clipping masks (Ctrl + Alt + G):
Black and white (Black and white)
Edit the adjustment layer mask:
And we get the following effect:
Levels (Levels)
Edit the adjustment layer mask:
With a soft white brush we draw a glow in the area of the model’s eye. This will give surrealism to our work:
We get the following result:
Step 3
Now add natural elements. Load the photo in Photoshop, then using Lasso Tool
(Lasso) cut out the area with greens and flowers:
Tip: install Feather (Feather) for Lasso by 40%
Copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) the selected area onto the working document, adjust the color of the green with Levels (Levels) (Ctrl + L):
Change layer blend mode to Screen (Lightening):
And we get the following result:
You can duplicate greens several times (Ctrl + J) and place on the model’s body, as shown below:
Step 4
Now we add an interesting effect with lines. Create a new document and use the yellow brush to draw a line, as shown below:
Go to the filter Filter – Liquify (Filter – Plastic), we activate Forward warping tool (Warp) and customize tool:
Distort the line:
Add another line. Then at the points of their intersection with a soft brush we draw points:
Step 5
There are final touches. Merge all layers into one and apply the filter Filter – Sharpen – Unsharp Mask (Filter – Sharpness – Contour Sharpness) to add a bit of sharpness to the picture:
Thanks to the filter, the green texture has become clearer:
In addition, we can add a cloud effect at the bottom of the picture. To do this, use a special filter or brush. The effect should be soft, barely noticeable. Reduce cloud opacity to around 30%:
Then edit the colors using the adjustment layer. Color balance (Color balance):
