Serenity Prayer

Change the layer's type on Linear Dodge, minimizing the Opacity also till 74%.



Choose now a set of ready brushes with the wings (they may be downloaded on the next address: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/22149376/
?qo=3&q=by%3Afalln-brushes+wings&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps).

Picture now the wings to our monks on the layer above the background.
Copy the layer and blur it a little (Gaussian Blur).



On the top layer, insert the texture, representing the spider's web.



Decolorize it: Image – Adjustments – Desaturate (shift+ctrl+u).



Increase its contrast (Curves).



Change the layer's type on Lighten and choose Burn Tool to erase the rest of the layer's dark parts by darkening out.



Change the layer's type on Color Dodge and make a copy of it. Blur it out with Gaussian Blur.
Minimize the Opacity of the blurred copy till 63%.



Choose now this picture.



Place it on the layer, under the monks' layer.
Change the layer's type on Screen and the color also applying Image – Adjustments – Hue/Saturation (ctrl+u).



Place the mirror reflection of this layer behind the second monk's head (Flip Horizontal).



Use now a certain cosmic texture with a bright center.



And place it out on the top layer. Change the layer's type on Hard Light and minimize the Opacity also till 55%.



Combine all the layers: Layer – Merge Visible (shift+ctrl+e) and stretch out a little the picture vertically (Free Transform). Using the Crop Tool, cut out everything unnecessary along the edges.



Finally use the Dodge Tool to make lighter the edges of the new picture, creating a distinctive frame.



Finished!

 

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