The making of Dreams of Eyeflowers, step by step...

background. swirls and flower made with the pen tool.

the eye. made with pen tool, some with default brush tool, some burn tool here and there, and lots of free transforming. i also used the add noise filter for the "glitter" eyeshadow.

petals. made with pen tool, then using the inner shadow and gradient overlay layer properties. and also a default brush for the shadow in the middle of one of the petals with a bit of gaussian blur.

water. used gradient on different blend mode, the wave filter and smudge tool to define the waves more.

clouds. used the render>clouds filter, then the smudge tool to define them.

rain drops. made with pen tool.