Today I came across a great tutorial by a graphic designer called Nik Ainley. The tutorial shows you how to make a splash, blending two very different images to create this amazing underwater effect, complete with a dissolving figure of a man. Although the finished image appears hi-tech, it is just a very clever photomontage constructed from just two images, using relatively simple Photoshop techniques – the secret is in knowing which tool to use when, and putting the time into making sure it’s precisely executed. Now I must say that you can spend hours on end fine tuning the final product, but while you work on something like this you have to put your foot down and decide when to stop. In my case, I stopped after I was confident that I had the technique down… 2 hours later!

This is a great technique for pieces where you want the clothes, not the face, to take centre-stage – for example, it makes an eye-catching fashion shoot. Of course, the beauty of photomontage is that anything is possible – it all depends on your found images and how far your imagination will roam.

I give you… Aqua Breaker….