27+ Beautiful Fantasy Photo Manipulation Tutorials

For all the fantasy artists out there, I thought I’d find some cool photo manipulation tutorials for you guys to be inspired by and to learn from. Here is a series of Fantasy Photo manipulation tutorials to show you how these digital collages are created step by step. The tutorials I have chose are ones that I find most recent and visually attractive. The Photoshop and compositing skill levels needed to accomplish these images will vary per tutorial. Some are easier for beginners and some are more suited for expert level. Tutorials may require Photoshop CS6 and up. 

1. Create a Fantasy Underwater Scene With Photoshop

Learn how to create a serene underwater scene with this tutorial. Jenny Le walks us through her step by step process of using 8 resources and a variety of photoshop tricks to create this emotional scene. 

2. Alice and Wonderland Inspired Photo Manipulation

In this tutorial, James Qu shows us how he created this vibrant Alice and Wonderland inspired photo composite with multiple stock resources, lighting tricks, hair and make up drawing techniques and much more.

3. Dark Emotional Angel Scene

Jenny Lee shows us her step by step process in creating this dark emotional angel photo manipulation using a few photographs and gorgeous color and painterly techniques. 

4. Create A Powerful Ancient Warrior Scene in Photoshop

This tutorial, by James Qu, is an intermediate level process of turning a combination of photos into a powerful dramatic warrior photo manipulation. 

5. Sleep Well My Angel

In this amazing tutorial, Mirella  Santana shows her step by step process of this beautiful image of an angel with glowing wings. 

6. Fantasy Lighting Tutorial

This tutorial is primarily focused on creating fantasy lighting effects. You can download the tutorial ZIP file on Mirella Santana’s Deviantart page. 

7. Create Surreal Gothic Artwork

Siiri Kumar walks us through the process of creating this eerie gothic scene. In this tutorial he explains how to create a symmetrical background, add reflections, and warp the face to give it a child-like appearance. 

8. Create A Surreal Scene of Waterfalls and Mountains

This tutorial walks us through how to create this warm scene with waterfalls and eagles using various stock images and blending techniques. 

9. Create A Fantasy Photo Manipulation In Adobe Photoshop

This gorgeous and dreamy art piece is created by Jenny Le. In this tutorial, she will show you how to create this magical image with 8 stock images along with textures, lighting effects, and color changes. This tutorial would be considered a intermediate level tutorial. 

10. Create A Flaming Deer Image Manipulation With Photoshop

This is another intermediate level tutorial created by Jenny Le. Here she will show us how to take 5 stock images and composite them in to a seamless image. She will also demonstrate how to manipulate depth of field and Photoshop effects. 

11. Create A Moonlight Scene Photo Manipulation In Photoshop

In this intermediate level photo manipulation tutorial, Jenny Le shows us how she created this emotional image of a woman looking at the moon. The techniques used in this image include masking, blending, using adjustment layers, and painting with brushes. 

12. How to Photoshop A Dreamy Photo Manipulation

This tutorial is fairly simple combining only 3 images, then using petal brushes and various color toning photo effects to create this final dreamy image of a woman standing in a field of roses. 

13. Create A Winter Photo Composite

Learn how to create this house covered in snow in this step by step tutorial by Jenny Le.

14. Create Fantasy Angel Image Composite

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create this delicate image of an angel standing on a rock. This is an intermediate tutorial demonstrating how to composite stock images, create lighting effects, and manipulating color to get the final image. 

15. Floral Fantasy Photo Manipulation Portrait

Learn how to create this floral fantasy portrait in this tutorial by Jenny Le. 

16. Create An Adorable Baby Dragon Photo Composite

 In this tutorial, Monika Zagrobelna will walk us through how to create this adorable baby dragon photo manipulation. 

17. Mythological Statue Photo Manipulation Tutorial

This photoshop tutorial will walk you through transforming a person into a mythological statue in Adobe Photoshop. 

 18. Learn How To Wizard Of Oz Inspired Scene in Photoshop

So I will warn you that this tutorial is for more advanced Photoshop users. With a combination of more than 30 stock images and multiple illustration and manipulation steps this tutorial shows you how to create this exciting Wizard of Oz inspired image. 

 19. How to Photoshop A Beautiful Emotional Angel Scene

This tutorial shows you how to create this emotional angel scene using a combination of blending, shadows and lighting, and color matching techniques. 

 20. Create A Stunning Winter Princess Photo Manipulation In Photoshop

 This tutorial will walk you through creating this beautiful winter princess photo manipulation portrait. 

 21. Dreamy Underwater Dreamscape Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

 Underwater dreamscapes can be tricky to create, but in this photoshop tutorial Dek Wid will walk you through step by step in creating this beautiful image of a girl swimming underwater. 

22. Create Night Fair Tale Mysterious Girl Manipulation

 This photo manipulation tutorial shows us how to create this fairytale image using 10 stock images, and various creative photoshop tools. This walkthrough will also show you how to use Photoshop’s Camera Raw to enhance your images. 

23. Fantasy Fish Sky Scene Image Manipulation

 Learn how to photoshop a variety of stock images into this surreal photo manipulation of a girl surrounded by fish in the sky. 

24. Create Mystical Night Forest Angel Scene

 This tutorial shows you how to create a mystical forest scene with an angel reading a book. In this photo manipulation walkthrough, Monika Nowakowska, shows us her process in creating this image. 

25. Fallen Star Photoshop Manipulation

 This is a photo manipulation walkthrough by Nuria of Brume Art of an emotional photo manipulation she created and shared on Deviantart. 

26. Photo Manipulation Walkthrough of A Frozen Valley 

This infographic style tutorial will show you how to create this fantasy landscape image in Adobe Photoshop. 

27. Create A Colorful Dreamy Scene

In this fun tutorial, Jenny Le shows us how to create this vibrant surreal fantasy image in Photoshop. Here you will explore some Photoshop effects including color and lighting effects. 

I hope that you found these tutorials exciting and helpful. Please share your work in the comments below, if you created your own versions of these images or used various techniques you learned from these tutorials! Also, make sure you share this post with your creative buddies!