How to Create a Cute Fantasy Composition in Photoshop

Today we will create a very cute fantasy composition with two girls sleeping on a mushroom, in a grass field. We will use stock photos, Photoshop and of course, imagination. This tutorial covers not only the techniques used, but also explains why those specific techniques are used and can be completed by both beginners and experienced Photoshop users.

Difficulty: Intermediate – Advanced

Completion time: 1-2 hours
Tools: Photoshop CS3

Along with creating this, you will learn how to:
- make really fast cutouts
- clean up stock photos
- retouching
- tips to blending images together
- adjust the lighting for an image to fit your needs
- use advanced masking techniques
- use brushes for multiple purposes
- advanced distortion techniques
- use adjustment layers
- combine adjustment layers
- blend images to fit the same scenario

Resources:
- girls
- mushroom
- grass
- cloud brushes

When I started creating this, I picked up a single keyword to start with and shaped up the rest around it: mushroom. From this point on, I remembered the scene from Alice in Wonderland with the caterpillar, so I decided to place something on it. I found this cute picture of two girls sleeping and it fit perfectly in my scenario.

Now the idea  was shaping up, so I made a quick sketch of my setup.

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