sudyn wrote in icon_tutorial 😡frustrated

looking for help

Ok. I need some help here.
I created this graphic, but things don’t like I want them to.
The girl, as you can see, doesn’t look like she belongs there. I’d like her to look as if she were part of the image, rather than a piece of paper in mud. She looks very flat especially around her head and hands, and I’d like to get some dimension in there.

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This is the original image:
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I’ve been playing around with various settings, and I’ve tried masking the original to get rid of the grass. The extrusion filter doesn’t improve things much either. So far, nothing I tried made things look the way I want them to.
I’m getting a little frustrated, I guess.
Maybe someone over here can give me a tip on how to fix this.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.