Create a beautiful emotional black and white love scene

Finally the tut that was being asked from this post is here after many days of being busy ( my work). Here we are celebrating 1000 yrs old birthday of Hanoi capital, so i have many events to join and enjoy :D. Though i am not the author who made this pic and dont know who is original pic author but luckily i have it so i can show you how i do to get a similar result. Thank the author for this beautiful and emotional photo Enjoy! :D. Stock:
1.First we will create more space and depth for this pic. Create a new blank layer ( 502x380 px) and move our stock into it, dragit onto the top:
2. Create a new blank layer, choose Clone tool and make sure that Sample AllLayers is checked on property bar. Alt+ click to choose the source point andthen click the white part to clone on. Then continue cloning on some partson street like that:
Dont worry if the arrangement of bricks on street is in disorder because it depicts a scene the girl is sitting and drooping on the street while all other way is toward another direction, there is no way for her love. They will be blurred and darkened.
3. Open the rose stock. Use your favorite method to cut out the rose frompic: Resize, do flip horizontal and move it into girl pic. ChooseEdit-Transform-Warp to tweak the rose like this:

Add layer mask to eraser the part of her hand, the top and bottom ofrose to make it smaller and shorter.

4. Open this stock maintained the petal. Cut it out from the stock.
Move it onto the girl file.

Duplicate it 5 times and move them to different positions.
Use transform tools ( distort, warp) and blurtool to create different motions:


5. Create a new layer , choose custom shape tool:
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Grab a heart and then right click and choose Make selection with feather = 0. Choose Edit-Stroke:


Use lasso tool to crop the half heart, copy ( Ctrl+C) and paste into anew layer. Hide the heart shape layer.
Apply Glowing edges, Wind and Sketch-Reciculation:




Use transform tool ( distort, warp, perspective)


Then duplicate this layer. Apply flip horizontal
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Use transform tool above for this half heart.
Merge two these layers. Distort it again to make the heart look like beingengraved on street:
6. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E. Create a selection in the center of the pic, feather 30, then select inverse.

Apply Gassian blur with 3 px and then Paint Daubs from Artistic filter:
Add layer mask to eraser some blur part on the pic edges, around model:
7. Stamp visible . Ctrl+Shift + U to desaturate it. Duplicate this layer weget layer desaturation copy.Lower opacity of first desaturation layer to 80%. Choose second desaturated layer, add layer mask to eraser the model skin, the rose and petals:
8. Ctrl+Shift+ Alt+E. Grab a selection around model and center partwith feather 30 and select inverse:

Copy and paste this selection into a new layer. Press Ctrl+L to adjust levels:

We have:

9. Create a new layer again, use soft black brush with 26% opacity,flow 46% to paint over light parts like the pic below to reduce thebrightness:

10. New layer and set to overlay:

Use Dodge tool with Highlight range, size 95px to brighten some part onher dress and shoulder:


11. New layer again, with Color mode 100%use soft brush , color 6b493dto paint on petals. Then duplicate it and set to Color Dodge 20%.
12. Stamp visible all layers. Duplicate it and apply Lens Correction:

Add layer maks and use soft black brush, opacity 40%, flow 52% toeraser the part around model and the right edge of pic.

13. Create a new layer with option like step 10, use Dodge tool tobrighten the right edge of pic:

14. New layer again, click to choose Line Tool. Set foreground color to white. Hold Shift key to draw a line:

Right click the line, choose Make selection and choose Edit-Stroke,fill it with white. Lower opacity to 40%:



Duplicate it many times and move lines to different positions.

Merge them all and set outer glow :

Add layer maks with soft black brush opacity 70%, flow 40% to blur some lines:

15. Add a new layer use dodge tool in same way above to make some light on the rose and petals:

16. Add this nice texture to our file, set to Screen 100%, distort and desaturate it, eraser, duplicate, blur...do in the way you want. My result:
17. Now we will decorate the pic. Create a new layer, i use star brush from mmp stock:

18. Create a new levels layer, then use soft black brush to eraser the model hair. This step is to increase the darkness contrast.

19. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E. Make a selection around model, i apply Topaz sharpen to reduce noise and give her artistic sharpness:

Final effect:


