I tried to express the thought of "being lonely because you want to" in this picture.
Its a new style for me but I wanted to do something like this and I'm pretty happy with the result.
I just noticed that this looks pretty crappy in the thumbnail view, so view it in hi-res please : D
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Techinques used:
Level balance in connection with the "cutout" Filter, to get the main simplified black and white effect.
A lot of puppet warping [CS5 only] and cutting+pasting to modify the silhouette. Stretched the Tree. Cigarette smoke made by stroking a path, distorting it, use it as a selection, put a gradient on it. Sun and cigarette glow with layer styles. I never remember everything I actually did when I'm finished.

This is a made up character for a made up sci-fi game.

Game Title: Alien Encounter
Sub-Title: The Forgotten

The character shown here is supposedly the alien villain. His goal is to eliminate any species capable of surpassing his technology. Humanity is next on his list.

Everything was painted in Photoshop cs4.