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 Fantasy Art - Sinking Moon Eclipse tutorial written by Lorelei © www.loreleiweb.com
After having made the Moon Eclipse for DeviantArt,
I was asked to write this tutorial for a several times and I decided to
give in and disclose the secret - how do I make the "sinking moon"
effect. I tried to re-create that picture, yet naturally it did not
turn to be identical... Hope you will not discover that it was
disappointingly simple. Nonetheless, I must say that this tut is for
more advanced users... anyway, today we will be making this masterpiece: So lets get started. You will need two waterscapes. I used this one for the the shore edge:  and this one for the primarily background image:  The image above is watermarked, if you wish to download the full resolution image, please go HERE (registered members only) Next, select and copy the first picture, and paste it unto the canvas of the second one. Erase most of it, leaving only the shore's edges, and set the opacity of this second layer to 89%.  Making the moon: Make a new layer. Select the brush tool, #FFFFFF colour, 135 px size, and apply one stamp in te middle of your canvas.  Select the eraser tool with sharp edge, and "cut" with eraser's tool side, most of the circle, as shown on the picture below.   Now that your moon has just started to develop a shape, using the rectangular marquee tool, select the bottom of the moon and cut it, just like we did here:  ...and here comes the hardest part, manual labour. Select the smudge tool  We used soft edged brush 9 px, but you may use a bigger one, depending on the size of your moon. Press the Shift button, once your cursor is exactly on the right line, and "brush" the moon's edges out a few times, so that u will make these small lines, coming out of the moon's cut edge. This should imitate the reflection of glow against the water.  If you managed to reach a result close to what we did here, duplicate the layer of your moon (Layer >> Duplicate Layer...). Transform your layer vertically (Edit >> Transform >> Flip Vertical). Drag it down a bit, so that it will fully "reflect" the first layer.  Set the opacity of the flipped layer to about 30%. Could be less or more, depending on the colour of your water. Now, select the Smudge tool again, but this time with a bigger radius, lets say 19 px. Make a few chaotic straight horizontal lines across the reflection of the moon, distorting it. Try to get the effect like we achieved on the picture below, as if the waves break the shine from the moon...  Select the Eraser Tool, approximately 100px (or more) with soft edge, and remove about half of the reflection, to give it a more natural effect, as nothing gets reflected fully, when you look from the side...  just a small cheerful note: If you managed to get this far, it won't go wrong from here! Next, Choose the first layer of the moon, and go to Layer >> Layer Styles >> Outer Glow, apply these glow settings to give your moon a natural feeling of shine. Remember that you need not apply the shine to the reflection layer!  So, you got the moon done!  Now only the easy stuff are left. Take a nice picture of a girl. As usual, I used a photo from Liam Stock, but this is very optional, you can use your own pic, though for our "eclipse", it's better to have a figure with a semi-transparent veil in hands. Crop the girl (we assume this tut if for more advanced users so we won't stop to explain how to crop a picture, if you are unsure, please post your question below. After having cropped her carefully, paste her unto our canvas.  Since we want to live up to our metaphorical title - "moon eclipse", be sure that the girl's veil covers the moon a tiny bit. Set the opacity of the layer with the girl to 45% (more or less, depending on your background image).  Take another girl, and repeat the previous steps: crop her, paste her unto the canvas, only in order to make her look a bit different, we did not just reduce the opacity of the layer, but we only set the blending option to "Luminosity". That's it, add a title, and the image is ready: 
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