This is something I've been wroking on for about a year on and off, initially it was twice as wide, but I was starting to get sick of it and had to make it smaller if I was ever going to finish. I still wouldn't call it finished but I can't really be bothered with it anymore. Maybe I'll add some more to it if I get bored, I just remembered I was going to put the moon in...

So anyway, it's a girl from some royal family taking a twilight stroll on her guardian creature in her secret garden. At first it was a sunny scene, and that's why she has a parasol, but it looked so good as a night scene I had to change it! Ah how I love the hue and saturation tool, gives you options you may never have thought of! Let's just say it's about to rain, then she has a reason for a parasol.

I used this photo [link] , from as a reference for the girl's face, and two bird photos as references for the birds; [link] from and [link] from . Thanks for providing great reference photos!

EDIT: This made image of the day over at imaginefx.com, thanks imaginefx!

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Photoshop Elements 3 + Tablet