Step 6

Make a Hue/Saturation and Curves adjustment layers to match the color and contrast of the effect with the existing one.

4. How to Paint the Icy Bubbles

Step 1

Create a new layer on top of the layers and use the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M) to grab three circles with different sizes above the fish's right. After this, fill them with the color #fbfcfc and lower the opacity of this layer to 60%.

Add a mask to this layer and use a small medium-soft black brush to paint inside the circles, revealing some transparency so they look like bubbles.

Step 2

Make a new layer and use a small soft brush with the color #fbfcfc to paint more snowy effects inside and outside the bubbles, as well as on the top of the fish.

5. How to Complete the Icy Ground

Step 1

Move the ice 2 image to our working document and mask it off to show a part of the left corner only.