The making of A Balanced Diet, step by step...

Masked scale and cut top pieces to make eyebrows.

I used two kiwi images and a piece of wheat from PhotoObjects to make the eyes and eyelashes.

Next, I created the glasses from a PhotoObjects image and added some kiwis as eyeballs and then added a transparent circle as the center of the glasses.

The earings were created from parts of earings, cherries and pineapples. The fruit was blended into the earing straps.

Next, I added some melons... as well as some holders and a brass bracket.

Lettuce was used to cover the melons; wanted to have a family version!

Next I cleaned up the deviant art photo by removing the feet, cloning the skirt and then adding a chair. Lighting effects and the burn tool were used to darken the bottom portion of the chair.

The scale person was added to the background and lighting effects were used to match as needed.

Lastly, the perfect diet has to include a burger and shake. In addition, I created a picture frame using PhotoFrame 3.1 and a PhotoObjects strawberry; I used a few PhotoFrame filters to create the acid effects on the strawberries.