Ted Chin (@tedslittledream ) turns ordinary scenes into surreal worlds that feel pulled straight from dreams.
Based in San Francisco and originally from Taiwan, Chin combines photography, digital compositing, and surreal storytelling to create impossible landscapes filled with floating islands, oversized moons, distorted nature, and cinematic fantasy.
His long-running project, Ted’s Little Dream, began during graduate school when limited time and resources kept him from traveling as much as he wanted. Instead, he started building imagined worlds through art, using Photoshop as a way to explore places that did not physically exist.
What started as a creative escape evolved into a globally recognized body of work, leading to collaborations with companies including Apple, Adobe, Meta, and HBO.
Each image feels less like stepping into someone else’s imagination, where reality bends just enough to make the impossible feel believable.
📷: @tedslittledream
these photos were worth the back pain 😭BTS at the end! #cosplayersofinstagram #cosplay #rumicosplay #kpopdemonhunters #cosplayphotography @kpopdemonhuntersnetflix
results at the end! literally couldn’t have done this without friends who are down to get dressed up and take pictures last minute ❤️ thank you @tommys_chaos@tedslittledream@martinwongphoto@kpopdemonhuntersnetflix #cosplayer #cosplayersofinstagram #kpopdemonhunters #animegirl
“Forgotten Dream” - A place where we used to dream.
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Inspired by my friend @designbarbiana ‘s “Letter to Yourself” workshop - with the idea of reflection, creativity, and healing.
Art by the amazing @tedslittledream 🎨
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes 🌀
#psychedelicthinker
Want to learn how to do this? Check out the link in my bio and also my design process below:
I’ve always wondered what it would feel like to turn my art into something wearable. When Adobe challenged me with this concept, I wanted to push it further.
So here’s how I turned my art into this final concept piece.
First, I brought my artwork into Firefly using a prompt provided by the team to explore some initial directions.
After generating 4–5 different looks, I wasn’t satisfied with stopping there.
I then brought those ideas into Photoshop and started reconstructing the concept from the ground up.
I generated a bunch of feather suit assets and stitched them together in Photoshop using layers.
After cleaning things up, refining details, and mixing in my original art files, here’s the final result.
If you want to give this a try and show me what you can make, I’d love to give you a shoutout. You can find the link in my bio and tag me.
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Check out the link in my bio to try the red carpet look!
I’ve always wondered what it would feel like to turn my art into something wearable. When @adobe challenged me with this concept, I wanted to push it further.
I started by generating ideas with Firefly, then rebuilt everything from scratch in Photoshop—using layers, compositing, and my own existing PSD artwork.
Mixing assets, refining details, and shaping the final piece by hand. AI helped spark the idea, but the final result comes from the process.
If you want to try it out, check the link in my bio.
Breakdown and full step-by-step coming tomorrow!
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