

Scene created in 3D Studio Max using a plane and the push/pull option in the edit poly modifier. Water created using a simple water texture, a spotlight added and rendered into photoshop and the black sky deleted.

Add any nebula type background on the layer below the ground scene

Add moon above space but below ground and delete the black around the rock

Add in the surfer

Hide the ground layer and merge visible combining the starry nebula, moon, and surfer. Copy layer and undo merge. Un-hide ground and past the copy above ground layer. Flip vertical and set layer blending mode to screen at 35% Opacity and delete all above the water level

Add in the cell phone picture and use the color replacement tool to change the color of the fingernails

Copy the surfer, ground, and planet around him and paste in the layer below the cell phone and combine

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