How to Create A Crow Photo Manipulation -Part 3 -

With this article I'm going to teach you how to create a black abstract picture mind games with crows as well as disintegration consequence. You may be able to develop this specific useful consequence inside a good way, put abstract things, develop detail associated with subject and more.

Step 16

Make two layers on the top, change foreground to black. On each layer use watercolor brushes (pick the ones you like) to paint under the neck with feathers.

Use cmd/Ctrl+T to rotate it to get your desired result., and layer mask to remove any unwanted parts:

Step 17
Open crow 1 stock. Isolate him and put him beside model ear:

Add layer mask to crow 1 layer and use soft brush with opacity about 50-55% to blend the lower part of the crow with model head:

 

Step 18

On the crow 1 layer, go to Layer-New Adjustment Layer-Gradient Map and check Clipping Mask options:

Pick default colors (black and white) for Gradient Map to desaturate this crow:

Step 19
I used Curves with Clipping Mask to darken this crow:

Step 20
Add crow 2 after extracting to the disintegrated hair part of the model:

Use derbis brushes with same setting in step 4 to blend the crow with this disintergration.

Step 21
Use a Gradient Map layer with black and white for this crow :

Step 22
Put crow 3 at the right of the pic, between flying feathers:

 I used Curves to lower the contrast of the crow:

Step 23
I added a Hue/Saturation layer to desaturate this crow:

Step 24
Make some layers on the top. Use black and debris brushes to add to disintegrated hair. Play with transform tools and different brushes until you feel good. Don’t hesitate to use layer mask if needed to get a better result. Here is mine:

 

Step 25

Make group for debris layers as done with model and hair. Use Curves above all these ones to decrease the contrast of them a little: