170/365 || When I Dream, I Fall Apart

My first FGR: Tell me what you're thinking when you play with yourself!
And my first TRP: doctored up photos

For those who asked, this was my workflow:

I darkened out the BG to black.
I then made a selection of my head and copied it into a new layer.
Then selected little pieces of that layer with the lasso tool and moved them away,
repeat this effect (yes this takes time) until you're satisfied. The smaller the pieces the longer it takes.
After that you can use the liquify tool to make the pieces flow more .
Then it's time for some brush action. I used various starfield brushes for the dust effect. Use different layers to paint them and blur so you get a sense of depth and density.
The cracks are just textures placed on top of the rest and using an "overlay" to blend them into the skin. Use layer masks to paint out unwanted parts and paint with different opacity settings.
When finished add some blur to certain parts to add depth and do some colorcorrection on the whole image...and Presto!!!

Textures used by: cgtextures.com
Brushes used : starfield brushes

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Taken on: June 19, 2009

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Camera: Canon EOS 450D, f/1.8, 1/50 sec, 50mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 450D
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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