This guide was made for entry: Techlovogy In Contest: keys
Original image
step 1 of 3
used Part of the source applied Hue & saturation and ripple filter.
For sky I used render/clouds
step 2 of 3
Selected metalic ring from source, duplicated and nudged several times to make flexipipe tube. Created all robot components with warp and resize tool adding some burn for shadows.
step 3 of 3
Used selected parts as shown using warp tool to shape.