Crear un Nieve Rana ficticio rtico en Photoshop

Photoshop is a great tool to create scenarios that can't or don't exist in real life. In
today's tutorial, we will combine several stock images and effects to create a fictional arctic
snow frog in Photoshop. As you can see, some of his unfortunate friends are frozen into the
ice behind him and his meal is frozen just out of reach. Let's get started!
Tutorial Assets
The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial.
Insect 1
Insect 2
Ice Texture1
Ice Texture2
Frog 1
Frog 2
Frog 3
Frog 4
Frog's Mouth
Step 1
Open the original ice background image in Photoshop.

Step 2
Create adjustment layers for background by clicking icon in the bottom menu of the
Layers Palette and choose Hue/Saturation and Levels. Adjustment layers allow you to correct
layer setting non-destructively. In order to apply adjustments only for the base layer
(background layer in this case), create clipping masks. Select adjustment layers (make them
active), right click > choose "Create Clipping Mask". Apply setting for each adjustment layer
like on the examples below.

Step 3
Group background layer with adjustment layers and duplicate the created group. To
group several layers, select them and click small "folder" icon. Merge the duplicated group.
Apply Surface filter to the merged layer, go to Filter > Blur > Surface Blur.

Step 4

Choose Screen Blending Mode for the blurred layer and Opacity 90%. Add Layer Mask
and touch it with large soft brush in the right part of the image. To make ellipse brush,
change settings in the Brushes settings palette.

Step 5
Add Levels adjustment layer, create clipping mask from it and make blurred layer
lighter using following settings.

Step 6
Insert another ice texture Menu > File > Insert. Go to Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical
and Flip Horizontal. Choose Polygonal Lasso Tool and click in the ice contour area to set the
starting point. Continue clicking around marked red area to set endpoints for subsequent
segments. To close the selection border click over the starting point. Find Refine Edge option
in the selection tool options bar to improve the quality of a selection's edges.

Step 8
To extract selected ice area click "Add Layer Mask" icon.

Step 9
Add adjustment clipping masks to the "Ice" layer - "Gradient Map" and "Levels", use the
same way just like in the previous steps with the background layer.

Step 10
Insert frog image.

Step 11
Select frog silhouette with Polygonal Lasso Tool. Correct selection using Refine Edge
settings.

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Step 12
Copy selected frog shape and paste it into a new layer - "frog shape" on the screen
shot. Duplicate original frog layer. Make one of the duplicates invisible(original frog layer will
be needed in the future steps), and make second one black & white. We will keep black and
white layer to save shadow effect from the original image -" frog_bl&wh_shadow" layer on
the screen shot. To make layer monochrome, go to Image > Adjustments > Black and White. In
order to hide white background, apply Multiply Blending Mode and Opacity 75%.

Step 13
Add Cyan shade to the black & white layer, use Photo Filter Clipping Mask.

Step 14
To improve frog's shape contour and mask small defects add Inner glow effect with
following setting.

Step 15
This step is very similar to the "Step 9". In order to create blue skin effect, add
"Gradient Map" clipping mask with colors like on the image below. Apply Opacity 96% to the
clipping mask.

Step 16
Touch "Gradient Map" Layer Mask with large translucent and soft Brush Tool.

Step 17
Find the original frog layer, load selection for the eyes area, copy and paste it above
blue skin layers. Apply "Underwater" Photo Filter Clipping Mask to the eyes.

Step 18

Make eyes shinier in marked areas with Dodge Tool, use soft brush.

Step 19
Make frog sharper and glossier. Return to the original frog layer again. Load selection
for the frog silhouette. To load selection you may use is already extracted frog shape, just
Command/Ctrl + click blue frog layer thumbnail. Copy selected frog shape in the original layer
and paste it above of all frog layers. Apply High Pass Filter to this layer. Go to Filter > Other
> High Pass. Apply Overlay effect to created layer. Add Layer Mask to the layer by clicking
icon. Fill Mask with black color and process marked areas with soft white brush like on the
screen shot.

Step 20
Open frog's mouth image and erase the background around the mouth. Duplicate mouth
shape, we will use one of the copy to create the tongue.

Step 21
Go to Edit > Transform > Rotate, rotate the mouth a bit, then use Free Transformation
to stretch it by vertical.

Step 22
Change the shape of the mouth with Warp Transformation. Edit > Transform > Warp.
Correct the mouth contour in the Layer Mask with small brush or just use Eraser Tool.

Step 23.
Lighten some areas with Dodge Tool to make good balance between a skin tone and a
mouth.

Step 24
Add following adjustment Clipping Masks to the mouth.

Step 25
In order to leave the mouth pink and create smooth blending effect, touch layer mask
of the Hue/Saturation balance with soft black Brush Tool.

Step 26
Group frog layers except mouth, duplicate the group and merge it. Erase the all area
around bottom lip and place it above mouth layer.

Step 27
Transform a lip using Warp Transformation, use very similar method as for mouth
transformation.

Step 28
Erase small defects and outstanding contours.

Step 29
Make active original mouth layer. Select the tongue area, copy and paste it into a new
layer.

Step 30
Go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal, then transform it like on the screen shot and
stretch by length.

Step 31
Apply Warp Transformation to the tongue shape.

Step 32
Improve tongue silhouette with Liquify Filter. Filter > Liquify. Choose Forward Warp
Tool and use different brushes sizes for different parts of the tongue.

Step 33
Adjust Color Balance.

Step 34
We need to create a texture for the tongue. I used a frog skin texture. Arrange skin
over the tongue shape and apply Smart Sharpen Filter - Filter > Sharpen > Smart sharpen.

Step 35
Make texture black and white, Go to Image > Adjustments > Black & White. Create
clipping mask from created texture, right click layer thumbnail and choose "Create Clipping
Mask". Apply Overlay blending mode and Opacity 90% to the clipping mask. Erase small
(selected on the screen shot) areas to make a structure more natural.

Step 36
Load selection for the tongue layer and fill it wit any color in a new layer. Adjust Fill =
0% and apply Bevel and Emboss effect.

Step 37
Merge tongue layers and process green marked area on the screen shot with Burn Tool
to make shadow effect.

Step 38
Copy a tip of the tongue and paste it into a new layer, move a little bit left, load
selection for the original tongue layer and cut out selected area from the copied tip, move
reflection layer again, just leave very small space between tongue and reflection. Apply
Opacity 44% to reflection layer. Then repeat the previous actions and create the second
reflection layer, but apply Multiply Blending Mode and erase dashed area on the screen shot
with smooth brush.

Step 39
Insert dragonfly image: File > Insert, rotate it.

Step 40
Apply Multiply Blending Mode to this layer and Opacity 70% (1). Add "Gradient Map"
clipping mask with the same colors as for the frog's blue skin (2). Create Layer Mask for the
dragonfly layer and fill it with linear black and white gradient (3). Load selection for created
Layer Mask - Command/Ctrl + click Mask thumbnail and inverse it, go to Select > Inverse.
Keep selection, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur (4) and apply settings like on the screen
shot below.

Step 41
Insert mosquito image, apply Multiply Blending Mode, and add adjustment "Photo Filter"
clipping Mask. In order to dip insect to the ice, create layer mask for the mosquito layer and
process it with translucent Brush Tool (use brush Opacity around 10 - 15%).

Step 42
To dip frogs into the ice, use similar method. Insert image, make white background
cleaner using Levels adjustments.

Step 43
Apply Multiply Blending Mode to hide white background, play with Opacity, change color
balance using the same Gradient Map as for blue skin and dragonfly layer.

Step 44
Besides "Gradient map" and Multiply Blending Mode, apply Gaussian blur filter for the
far frogs.

Step 45
Merge all frog layers except "shadow layer" and duplicate merged layer twice. Place
duplicated layers under the original frog layer. Apply Filter > Distort > Glass filter to the
both of duplicates, you may find settings in the screen shot below.

Step 46
In order to create reflection, move one layer upside down, go to Edit > Transform > Flip
Vertical. Move this layer down, add layer mask and fill it with black color. Choose large soft
white brush and erase a spot like on the screen shot. Apply Flip Horizontal transformation to
the second duplicate and move it left. Try to join tongue tips of the original frog and
reflection. Add Layer Mask to this layer too. Fill it with linear black and white gradient like
on the example below.

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Step 47
Merge all layers. Go to Filter > Distort > Lens Correction and apply Vignette effect.
Duplicate this layer, go Image > Adjustments > Equalize. Apply Soft Light Blending Mode and
Opacity 12%.

Final Image