Traveling Companions

Created for the Joyful Challenge at the group (challenge description is here).

What can I say - it was not easy for me to combine the required model stock(s) with the required background(s) and still get a somewhat plausible result... So it was really a fun challenge

A low res tutorial file of this pic can be found here.

Photoshop CS5.

background (required)
sky and water splash brushes
water
jester (required)
birds

wall (CG Textures)
building (CG Textures)

All the other elements are either mine or purchased/licensed or painted.

It is featured by here.