Photoshop Challenge (Nature Man)

Original Ideas to the finished product

From the very beginning I knew I wanted to use trees for the man's hair. I have seen some really cool photo manipulations with trees for hair, that looks so natural since they have the same general shaping. I also knew from the beginning that I wanted to change his jacket in some way, making it some kind of root or dirt. For the most part, my idea stayed the same. The end product wasn't exactly what I pictured but I was still happy with it.

Blending Modes, Masks, and Adjustment Layers

For Blending Mode, I increased the saturation to give the picture a more vivid look. The more saturated look makes the picture overall look better and more realistic. I used a Mask on the hair, jacket, and undershirt. I placed the photo on top of what I was wanted to mask and then I turned the opacity down a lot so I could easily see the under image. Next I used the Selection Tool to select the part of the top image I wanted. For example, on the tree image, I selected the part where his hair was directly under and then made a Mask out of it. For Adjustment Layers, I increased the brightness level slightly to give it a more pleasant and happy look. 

The turn out 

My project ended up being slightly different then my original idea. I'm not entirely sure what I was going for initially but I do know that It was different. That being said, the difference doesn't mean that I was less then satisfied with my end result, in fact, I was quite pleased with how it turned out. I was definitely surprised that it ended up being so similar.