Article · Adobe Learn
How Fanny Papay makes surreal ideas come together
By Fanny Papay
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2026
About this lesson
Illustrator and brand designer Fanny Papay walks through her surreal digital collage process: extracting objects cut from stock photos, arranging them into an impossible dreamlike scene, and using Photoshop's Harmonize tool to unify lighting and shadow across the combined elements.
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