For the self portrait I took a picture of myself, scanned it in and used it as a template to paint in the colors. The background is a combination of filters start with a grandient fill, then crystallize, then go into liquify to make some adjustments then use the ocean ripple filter. After I finsihed drawing the face I put a glass filter on it.
For the scale picture I started with a blank page and started playing with filters until I got what I wanted.
Thanks all for the positive feedback
