Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Photoshop CS5

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Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Create a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop CS5 with the size 1024px by 1280px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Download the next texture from Texturezine.com and place it on our canvas.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Click Create new fill or adjustment layer from bottom part of the Layers panel
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

and click to Curves to adjust the curve shape as shown to make a little color corrections.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Select once again Create new fill or adjustment layer from bottom part of the Layers panel and click to Hue/Saturation this time. Drag the slider to the left to decrease the Saturation of the color range. These operations will give contrast and brutality to our texture.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Next step we’ll download a set of brushes for in Adobe Photoshop, named: Old_paper_brushes_by_Annette29, Seu_Davi and c130_splatter .
Select the next brush from Old_paper_brushes_by_Annette29 set:
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and use this brush to add the next texture:
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Drop Shadow.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

As a result we got a voluminous texture:
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Create a new layer and select Soft Round brush of black color (set Opacity to 30% in the Options bar).
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Use this brush to paint the layer edges.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Find a stock photo with a model represented on it, I used this photo from deviantart. I would like to thank the author of this photo.
Remove the background using your favorite tools like Pen Tool (P), Magic Wand Tool (W), Magnetic Lasso (L) or even a simple Filter>Extract and insert it on a new layer in our main document.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Go to Eraser Tool (E) and select Spatter brush:
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Use this brush to erase the lowest part of the girl’s figure, the same way demonstrated below:
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Click Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel to select Drop Shadow.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Add Inner Shadow
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

We got a volume and the shadow for the girl:
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Create new layer and choose the Flat Blunt Short Stiff brush of black color from Brush Tool (B) (set Opacity to 30% in Options bar).
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Let’s represent the next demonstrated brushstrokes.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Place the layer under the girl’s one.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Click Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Drop Shadow.
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

We’ve got the next result:
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS5

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