lots of warp...for the chestplate i used the eliptical marquee and selected a circle, then distort> spherize...then lots of dodge and burn... everything else was warp, dodge, and burn on pieces cut out of the boat.
step 2 of 5
smudged the ear and played with some colors. added the bg and some fog.
step 3 of 5
just drew a quick sketch of a dragon and copied it onto the image.
step 4 of 5
some mmore warp, edited shadows and added the eye and teeth, mouth, and so on
step 5 of 5
added the eye, as well as other features on the dragon. lots of dodge and burn.