Original image
step 1 of 5
rotated and perspective and squashed the bark to form the ground. Used liquify to add some bumps.
step 2 of 5
used content aware scaling to shrint the original bark layer to a tall sausage, the used warp to bend it and liquify to add the dents up the sides
step 3 of 5
added tree bark layer to background, coloured blueish, and lens blurred to give the impression of treeroots
step 4 of 5
Added a dodge burn layer to give the worm and ground some shape
step 5 of 5
Done
Final result
