Love Legacy: degreeno

for ~degreeno from *Eyes-S

ok.. i dont know much about Solid Metal Gear.. but This is Solid Snake.. well it is from my artistic perspective.

This IS a photomanipulation, but please be aware that alot of it is also drawing.. ... its actually almost 50/50 drawing and photos.. so.. yeah.. but i put it on p.m. coz thats most appropriate, in this case.

the guy is: *jademacalla here: [link] [yes i reversed the image..]
and the scenery is a mix of two photos..
they are owned by: ~ArtMatrix-Stock and the two pics are here: [link] and [link] [yep.. two very similar pictures]

uh.. i spent about 3.5 hours on this, doing color adjustment, and tones. And i played with a bit of the filters, but that sucked.. in the end, i think i used about 10 filters, maybe... i did use the bandaid tool, but that sucked too.. so i just kind of darkened all the bits i did the bandaid on, to make the ground rather dark. it is supposed to be nighttime in this pic, as per a request by eye-s. i certainly hope this is ok. i wanted to try photomanipulation, and wanted to for a long time, coz i like doing it, but i need inspiration before attempting - im no good just putting stuff together, so this came out just how i wanted.

I hope this is what you want, eyes-s..

it was done in photoshop.

enjoy. [sorry for the long description, its all necessary]

[edit]
close up: [link] of the guy