quick photoshop art

I was in the mood to create a greeting card for a friend yesterday so for today’s post,
I thought I’d share a Photoshop art tutorial I found recently. A link to the tutorial is below.

Before:

flat lighting but decent composition can be good candidate for a card
flat lighting but decent composition can be good candidate for a card

After:

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Tutorial:

Photoshop Watercolor by Steve Patterson

TIPS: 1. Experiment with the values of filters. The strength of filter effects is dependent on file size and the amount
of detail in an image so what works for one image might not work for another. 2. Once you’re finished all the steps,
play with the opacity of each layer. I also did a final color adjustment, a little cloning and added a border.