This surreal effect may look intricate and complicated, but merely by making use of the graphics and backgrounds that come with Elements, it's something that anybody can do, and on any portrait they like. We're using a simple graphic called Brass Leaves, which you'll find within the hundreds of graphics, frames and effects that come with Elements, in this tutorial. However, if you prefer, you could always use one of the other graphics.
By duplicating and reshaping the leaves in different ways you can build up an entire bush. Once that's been done, all you have to do is duplicate the cut-out face we've provided and `clip' it to each layer, before applying a Drop Shadow Layer Style and changing the colours. To round things off, drop in a suitably…