A number of years ago, when I was learning how to paint in Photoshop, I created an image for a contest on the ConceptArt.org forums. The image was a good step forward for for me at the time, but it was far from perfect as it was riddled with anatomy issues, texture issues, positioning issues and the like. The odd part was that the background image was the thing that stuck with me the most. Years later looking at the PSD again I think that, while the process of doing the image was incredibly important for me to do at the time, I may have to rework the background and make that an image in its own right.
Also, to continue with the my personal theme of self-deprecation as a humbling tool, here is the image in question complete with the initial mistakes I later noted! If you look closely, you can see the hawk floating around in the background at 25% opacity.
In truth, now that I look at it again, I may use the face (corrected and updated) as a basis for another image. Should I change the title to Dr. Frankenimage instead?
