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by GuildOfGraphics

Here's a quick tutorial on the cover above. Took me about 15 minutes to make on Photoshop because it is super easy to do as I'll show below.

Step 1.

I used the following stock image:

Adjusted the stock using free transform, positioned it on my 512x800 canvas, and erased the edges using a soft eraser until I got this: — Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

Adjusted the stock using free transform, positioned it on my 512x800 canvas, and erased the edges using a soft eraser until I got this:

Adjusted the stock using free transform, positioned it on my 512x800 canvas, and erased the edges using a soft eraser until I got this: — Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

I did make adjustments to the curves and hue/saturation to make it darker and a little more blue because blue is much fab.

Step 2

I took this stock image:

And set it to linear dodge using the layers panel — Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

And set it to linear dodge using the layers panel.

I got this effect:

I got this effect: — Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.