My inspiration was to combine floating islands with distant, icy feel. An abandoned floating kingdom, slowly succumbing to its doom by an ever-closing star.
The setting is in outer space.
Two floating islands in the distance. Pure ice. I played with the colour balance to give it more blue, and increased its curve to give it a glaring highlight.
I added a simple cave. The cave comes from another image I cut and edited.
Front island. Using a soft round brush, I added soft glow around the islands, giving them an other-wordly feel.
I added rainbow waterfalls for two of the islands, showing how they still function properly, and still retains their magical properties.
I added a bit of aurora beaming from the front island. The tip of the ice which has a strong yet subtle glow catches the attention.
I added a tower for the middle ground island. The overall image is that of an abandoned ice tower.
To make the waterfalls more mystical, I added soft white glow by using a soft round brush.
I added fog to deepen the mysterious feel of the whole kingdom. Desolated, yet has a calm and soothing beauty.
I added the imposing star that is coming ever-so-close towards the icy kingdom, the island that is closer towards the star shows its crumbling state by slowly turning a sickly blue. Its waterfalls also stop flowing because of the invading star. More fog was added to the foreground.
[I edited the fog, making them look more natural and less out of place/rough]
