This is the photo that I used for the woven face. I obscured it in this shot because he preferred not to have his identity fully visible.
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This is my background photo, taken by me.
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I'm not going into great detail on the facial weave because there is a tut that covers the process here.
>>>http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/photo-strips/
Shown here are horizontal strips done with layer mask over the photo. Shading was added from applying an outer glow to the vertical strips via clipping mask.
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The background and painting were removed from this photo.
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Background added
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Strip on the right is extended into the distance-drawn with the pen tool, shaded with the brush tool.
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The strip is added to the left, ending in the water.