Have you ever seen a photo of a girl with wings and wondered how the photographer managed to turn her into an fairy? I’ll show you how (it’s easier than you think).

Fairies and Art

From Victorian Fairy Art to the Cottingley Fairies to Flickr, paintings and photos of fairies have been part of our visual culture and heritage for hundreds of years. Inspired by both old paintings and modern photos, I decided to turn my model Laura into a 21st century fairy. It turned out to be easier than I thought, and in this tutorial I’ll show you how I did it.

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What is Split Toning?

Split toning is a technique that originated in the black and white darkroom. A traditional printer split tones by using two toners one after the other, one to tone the print’s shadows and the other to tone the highlights.

Photoshop CS does away with the messy chemicals and lets you tone prints with just a few clicks of the mouse. In this tutorial I’m going to show you an easy way to split tone using Gradient Map.

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