Modern Surrealism with Photoshop

Here are several examples of Surreal artwork created with photoshop..... The main skills used in creating the images includes:

Using layer masks, 

Adjusting color and value,

changing opacity and blur

"Assembler", by Kosmur

"Delirium", by Valkiria

"Human", by Dreamspeak

"Melusine", by Wishmistress

"Escapar", by Prince K.

See more of this work @ http://abduzeedo.com/impressive-and-creative-digital-surrealism