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You'd composite the image – LinkedIn Learning has online video tutorials on creating composite images with Photoshop, you can get 30-days free access.
For example Photoshop Compositing Tips, Tricks, & Techniques and Photographing for Compositing in Photoshop by Seán Duggan
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The first one is an illustration, so if youre an artist you would paint it. The second one is, as Derek said, a composite. It looks to me like a comp of a photo and a painting. I second the advice to look at tutorials. Here's a good one by Colin Smith (and you can find many more by googling):
One thing to rememeber: You have to be careful of what images you use for these things. Make sure the copyright owner doesn't mind by checking the license terms.
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What are you creating this for exactly -- the web, video, print, product packaging, something else? I ask because final output is everything. It determines which tools and specifications you should use to create your artwork.
Illustrator is best for math-based vector output such as logos, drawings, icons, cartoons, illustrations and other flat colored images. Photoshop is mainly for pixel-based raster images (photography & bitmaps).
To learn to composite in Photoshop, look on YouTube for Jesus Ramirez -- the Photoshop Training Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQ_ZkYaMe6qPoueUyPQgpQ