Another Gate

This is my third photo manipulation to date and I really enjoyed this one. I think that a lot of that has to do with the fact that the girl in CyanideSmile’s stock photo ended up “changing expression” when I fiddled with her eyebrows (never let it be said that eyebrows are not the eye to the soul). The changed expression threw all of my plans for a loop, and I ended up with something that was better than my "vision" (does anyone else feel stupid when they write the words "my vision?")

As you can see this picture was completed thanks to the "borrowing" of innumerable number of stock photos, from immensely talented photographers such as:

CyanideSmile [link] (the face, arm and torso model)
Lisajen-stock [link] (the corset and the bottom of the dress)
LilyStox [link] (the tiara – actually a necklace)
Livinus [link] (the cowl – actually a flower)
TearsStock [link] (background image)

As important as the photographers are the individuals that go out and create fantastic tools for Photoshop and then share them with everyone. I borrowed Photoshop brushes from the following deviantartists:

trisste-brushes [link] (the brushes for hair and lashes)
BordomBeThyName [link] (the brushes for the “fog” swooshes in the front and back – as a side note, these brushes are incredible!)
Axeraider70 [link] (the swooshes used for the colorful magic cloud in the front)