Head up to File > New.
Width: 1920 Pixels.
Height: 1080 Pixels.
144 Pixels/Inch.
Background Contents: White. Then hit Create.
File > Open.
Select the Man image > Then hit Open.
Head over and select the Quick Selection Tool.
Carefully select the entire person.
Take your time.
Once you're done. Select Mask at the bottom.
Select the Move Tool. (V)
Then drag and drop onto our main project.
Duplicate the man layer > CTRL + J.
Hide the bottom layer.
Right click on the top layer > Convert to Smart Object.
CTRL + T to select the man.
Hold Alt + Shift while dragging a corner inwards.
I'm going to resize it slightly.
When done hit Enter.
Head over and select the Type Tool. (T)
The font I'm using is called Code Bold.
Size: 600.00pt.
Smooth.
Click to change the color.
I will use a dark grey or black.
Hit OK when you're done.
Click near the center. I will use the letter A.
Head up and select the Move Tool. (V)
Position the letter in the center.
Click and drag the man layer to the top.
I'm going to rename it > Man.
Drop the opacity > So we can see the letter.
About 70%.
Ctrl + T to select the man again.
Hold Alt + Shift while resizing.
Place it so that the deck of cards is not on the letter.
Hit Enter when you're done.
Bring the opacity back up to 100%.
Right click on the text layer > Select Pixels.
Have the top layer selected.
Head down and hit Mask.
Right click on the man thumbnail.
Select Pixels.
Make sure the mask is selected.
White set as your foreground color.
Select the Brush Tool.
Then select a Hard Round Brush.
Fill in the selected layer.
Don't fill in the center.
Right click on the Text layer > Select Pixels.
Head up Select > Inverse.
Make sure Mask is selected.
Add the fingers back.
Make sure black is selected as the foreground.
Then select the Brush Tool. (B)
Carefully mask back out the background.
I will speed this part up.
Ctrl + D to deselect.
File > Open.
Find the Card, then hit Open.
Right click > Convert to Smart Object.
I will rename this layer to Card.
Select the Move Tool. Then drag and drop onto our project.
Drag it below the Man layer.
Ctrl + T to select the Card.
Hold Alt + Shift > Resize the card to fit between his hands.
Hit Enter when you're done.
Hold Ctrl down and select the top 3 layers.
The head down > Create a group.
Head back down and select FX > Blending Options.
Click on Drop Shadow.
Opacity: 40%.
Size 20px.
I'm going to drag the shadow to the right slightly.
I think right there looks good.
Hit OK when you're done.
Have the top group selected.
Then Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E (Merge visible layers)
I will rename this new layer to Camera Raw.
Right Click > Convert to Smart Object.