Step 1: Idea (message, composition)
You decided that you want to make a photomanipulation. But what to make? There are so many photomanipulations already out there and mostly with the same theme. So you decide you don't just want to stick a pretty girl onto a beautiful background. No you want to be original and have your manipulation portray a message everyone can relate to.
Think of things that are important to you, that lay close to your heart. They can be emotions (love, hate, sadness, anger) or experiences, hobbies (art, sports etc), things you are struggling with. Or they can be global themes like (beauty, money, economy, eating disor
Feel free to use my pictures for your photomanipulations or as reference for drawings, but please read and accept these rules:
1 : My stock is made for members of deviantArt send me the link to your finished work (in a comment or note) http://camelfobia.deviantart.com/
2 : credit me by putting a link to my gallery or the stock image you used in the description of your work
of course you can show your work created with my stock outside of deviantArt, but please credit me
3 : you are allowed to sell pictures including my stock as a print faving my stock if you use it would be much appreciated!
4 : Premade backgrounds are allowed if you ar