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I like the idea of putting a modern-day face onto a classical painting. Here I used a painting from the Rijksmuseum, which I warped and then replaced the face with another image, which had very little forehead or chin. The result is a sort of Betty Boop look, in a classical framework.
I started with this image I made previously. You can see how I made it here.
I will use this photo from the Rijksmuseum website, which provides high-resolution images free to use and modify for any purpose, in their Rijksstudio.
In iColorama, I applied Adjust/Tonelab preset 4 for clarity and Tone/Tint for color, to match some of the colors in the other image.
I blended the veiled lady on top of the Rijksmuseum photo, using Effect/Blend. In Effect/Blend, I set opacity to 50%, and I used my fingers to resize and reposition the top layer to fit her head over the original head. Then I put opacity back to 100% and used a brush mask to paint away parts of the top image around the head, that I didn't want to include in the blend.
I used Form/Crop to crop.
I darkened the color using Tone/Duotone in Multiply mode, using a brush mask over the face so that it would not be affected.
Using a brush mask in Tone/Tint, I modified the color of her neck and chest to better match her face.
I painted highlights onto the hair and jewelry using Adjust/High preset 1 with low sharpness, using an inverted brush mask.
I used a brush mask and Tone/Duotone in Multiply mode to darken her hair.
I used Form/Warp to warp her, to give her a more interesting shape to her face. But now there is an overly distorted part of her hair under her chin on the right side. I want to repair this.
I used Brush/Clone to remove the overly distorted part of her hair below her chin on the right side, and replace it with the background texture and color.
I used Brush/Clone to copy some of the curls from the left side of her head to the right side, lining them up so they would fall naturally. My Clone brush picked up some of the background area, whose color doesn't match.
I used Brush/Clone again to clone nearby background onto the mismatched areas, using a smaller brush.
Using a brush mask and Tone/Pastel, I modified the color of her neck and chest.
In Brush/Paint, I painted a shadow on the left side of her neck and back, using the color picker to match the color of the purple shadow on the left side of her face. Then I used Effect/Blur and an inverted brush mask to smooth the shadow.
Using Texture/Vintage, I added a pattern to the background at low opacity.
I used Preset/Border preset 2 for some vignetting, drawing the eye to the face.
Now I added a border. I did this by first creating of a canvas filled with abstract broad brush strokes, to which I applied Effect/Raise. Then I blended my image on top of that, sizing it so that it left only a slim border all the way around.
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