Stock used

Main Character by Marcus Ranum (Model miss-mosh)

Pre Made Background by Dezzan-stock
Light Flair by SaphireDesign
Fire Sparks by Ayelie-stock
Snow Texture by wchild
Smoke by dennytang
Rope by slavetofashion69
Water Splash Brush by FrozenStarRo

Water Splash 2 by mikmik

Step 1
Start off by opening the background image and the main model we will be
using. (File > Open or Ctrl + O)
With the pen tool or other tool you prefer, remove the background of the main
model image. Copy the clean model image and place her over the background
image layer.(Ctrl + A, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V) Name the model layer as Model.
For this tutorial we will be using the actual size of our original background
image. (3888 x 4009 px)

Step 2
Place the Model and re dimension her to fit the background properly. (Ctrl +
T) After we have placed the model in the proper place, click twice on the model layer
to change the Layer Style.
Set the Model Layer Style as in the image Bellow. This will add a slight tone to
match the overall background colors.

Step 3
On the model layer, click the add layer mask option and remove some of the
bottom part of the boot. This will give a slight effect that the boot is partially
underwater.

Now create a new layer above the model layer and name it model shadow and set
the blending mode to Soft Light.
With a large soft brush set at about 30% opacity and black color. Pass the brush
starting at the models feet towards the bottom of the image. Go adding this shadow
to simulate the soft shadow cast from the main model.

Step 4
Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift + Ctrl + Alt + N) Place this layer
inbetween the background and model layers. Name this layer Fog. Select a
largesoft white brush at 100% opacity. Make a large line across the background
where the sky meets the water line.
Now go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius Blur to 125
pixels than press OK. This will blur our in a uniformed way the white line we added
previously. You will notice the white line now had a fog aspect.

Step 5
Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift + Ctrl + Alt + N) Place this layer
inbetween the Model and Model Shadow layers. Name this layer Water Splash.
Select the water splash brush (662) at a large enough pixel size to cover each foot.
Set the brush color to #c1e8ff at 100% opacity. Add the brush on each foot as in the
image example.

Step 6
Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift + Ctrl + Alt + N) Place this layer
inbetween the Fog and Model layers. Name this layer Rope.
Select the rope .png image and duplicate it many times to make it long and thin.
Place this long rope behind the Model figure. Select the Puppet warp tool (Edit >
Puppet Warp) and shape the rope a little so it doesnt look stiff and straight.

Step 7
Now click twice on the rope layer to open the Layer Style.
Set the layer styles as in the image example. For the Inner Shadow you will use
the#000000 color and for the Inner Glow select the transparent gradient and set
the color at #6093b2. This will add a 3D volume to the rope and also follow the
overall image tones.

Step 8

Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift + Ctrl + Alt + N) Place this layer
above all layers. Name this layer shoot flair.
Open the light flair image and cut out the 3rd from top to bottom.
Place this light flair on the shoot flair layer we have just created.
Re size the light flair to a larger scale. (Ctrl + T free transform).

Set the blending mode of this layer to Screen.

Step 9

Following the same methods as in step 8 we will be adding more light flairs to the
image.
You can name these as Shot Flair 1 (2, 3,)
After you have added all the desired light flairs, you can group them all together
(select all and press Ctrl + G) to avoid getting the layer pallet to busy and hard to
mess around with.

Step 10
Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift + Ctrl + Alt + N) Place this layer
above all layers. Name this layer Smoke.
Select White 100% opacity smoke brush and apply it to the point of the gun.

Set the blending mode to Overlay

Step 11
If you dont think the splashes on the womens foot looks believable, you can add
other effects to make the splash larger and more natural as if she had just jumped off
a helicopter or something similar.
Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift + Ctrl + Alt + N) Place this
layerabove Water Splash layer. Name this new layer Water Splash 2.
Open the image of the lollypop being shattered and cut out only the shattered bits.
Place this image in the layer we have just created and change the blending mode
toScreen.
Erase parts of the lollypop that shouldnt be in the image.

Do this with both feet.

Step 12

Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift + Ctrl + Alt + N) Place this
layerabove Smoke Layer. Name this new layer Fire.
Set the Blending mode of this layer to Screen.
Select the fire sparks image and apply it as in the position of the example image.

Step 13
Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift + Ctrl + Alt + N) Place this
layerabove Fire. Name this new layer Snow.
Place the snow texture on the show layer and using the transform tool, stretch it out
to fill the entire image. (Ctrl + T)
Now change the blending mode of this layer to Screen. This will eliminate the black
and only leave the white dots.

Step 14
Now with the Snow layer selected, go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur.
Set the Angle to 55 and Distance of 80 pixels.
We now have a snow that actually looks like its falling with motion and everything.
Note: you can reduce the layer opacity to about 50% if you think the snow is too
strong.

Step 15
Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift + Ctrl + Alt + N) Place this
layerabove Snow. Name this new layer Blue Radial.

Select the Gradient Tool (G), pick the Radial Option. Select the Transparent
Gradient tool. The color we will be using is #006b6f.
Add this radial gradient to the overall image. (Center Transparent, borders #006b6f)
Now change the blending mode to Multiply and lower the opacity to 50%.

Step 16
Go to the Adjustments Panel and select the Gradient Map. Set the gradient
colorsto #003d43 and #ff7c00. Now change the blending mode to Soft Light and
reduce the Opacity to 50%.

Step 17
We are already on the final touches of the image.
To add a surreal and dramatic touch to the image, Select all the layers worked on
until now, duplicate all layers, merge all the selected (only the ones we
duplicated)layers.
You will now have the entire image on one single layer.
Now go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the blur to 1,6 pixels than
press ok. Change this layers blending mode to Lighten. Make sure this layer is
above all the layers we have worked on until now. You can name this layer Soft
Blur.
You can notice now that the white areas in the image are glowing. This also avoids
overly sharp borders.