Ok....I have only one word to say about this....looooots of work...and lots of sources!
I have dreamed to create a steampunk image for a long time now...and I'm happy I got the chance to do it!
Hope you find it interesting for a first try!
First of all million thanks to Becky Stock on deviantart for the great man image, at http://b-e-c-k-y-stock.deviantart.com/.
Then credits to:
- "csnyder" at http://csnyder.deviantart.com/ for beautiful clouds images;
- "cepolina.com" for a great mask image at: http://www.cepolina.com/freephoto/;
- "strwberrystk" for the little key at: http://strwberrystk.deviantart.com/;
- "sunira"for a great great galaxies free brush at: http://sunira.deviantart.com/.
Please see also extra sources:
1. http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1137812 - Clock for backround
2. http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1067358 - Clock 1 on hat
3. http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1111976 - Clock 2 on hat
4. http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1080261 - Clock 3 on hat
5. http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1044042 - Rooster
6. http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/5202 - black hat
7. http://www.sxc.hu/photo/452382 - wings on hat
8. http://www.sxc.hu/photo/950983 - Furnace
9. http://qbrushes.com/photoshop-abstract-brushes/smoke-brushes/ - smoke brush
10. http://sunira.deviantart.com/art/Nebulae-Brushes-18959502 - Galaxies Brush
Please see high resolution and also be kind and wait for SBS, will be posting it tomorrow as it has been a long day on photoshop for me...!
Hope you like it! (3 years and 292 days ago)
(this is going to be quite the contest woo HOO) (this would have gone great in my old office..hehehe) 
This is amazing! However ,I had to look through your tutorial to see the metal thing on the bottom was a guy. Perhaps warping the metal around the body to better fit a muscle would help, and straightening some things. Reply »
(3 years and 292 days ago)
I'm with CMYK46: it's hard to know what to make of this. I think the mish-mash of the hat is particularly to blame. The three clock faces make this look like a collage as they cast no shadows on each other, face flat on to the viewer despite the three-quarter pose of the hat wearer, and are not constrained by the hatband's left edge. The far wing is too far back to match the three-quarter pose. The upholstered hat itself is flat and doesn't match the three-quarter pose either. I see from the SBS that the rooster is part of the hat, but then it, too, is heading off in the wrong direction. Reply »
(3 years and 291 days ago)
Bottom line: I would simplify by ditching the hat but keeping a free-flying mechanical rooster. The gramophone horn is cool but may seem weird without some sort of horn coming out of his other ear. Reply »
(3 years and 291 days ago)
Its interesting to see when people comment so see what imangation they have on work like this~~For me i think its a wonderful work what i see is a bird which is half human and tin he has smokin bagpipes playing out the loudspeaker and he has to tame the time with music before his key runs out~~I think its a stunning piece of work i wouldnt change a thing colours are great. Well done author Reply »
(3 years and 290 days ago)
wow awesome image author Reply »
(3 years and 292 days ago)