Where Pebbles Come From
6-steps guide for Where Pebbles Come From:
original image

Entry guide: step 1 of 6

cut out the rocks with quickmask and hard brush
Entry guide: step 2 of 6

warp tool to shape rocks
Entry guide: step 3 of 6

made black layer, used render clouds filter to create smoke and masked what i needed. added noise overall
Entry guide: step 4 of 6

created planet with black circle and outerglow
Entry guide: step 5 of 6

blurred a white circle and duplicated and blurred that to create sunlight. also used a lensflare
Entry guide: step 6 of 6

used a red overlay and also used the original source image as texture and masked it onto the rocks.
final result

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