Surrealism: stripping ordinary objects of their normal significance in order to create a more compelling image that is beyond the ordinary. the resulting surreal images function in the realm of dreams, the unconscious or that which is underlying the real, the surreal.

1. concept: develop a written or sketched idea for your surrealistic photomontage
2. combine painting, illustration, graphics, photos into a seamless photographic whole.
3. cut and join a number of images in order to create a unique image
4. create the illusion that all of the image elements are parts of the same image