The background was made from scratch using the following tutorial..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhJfC1SuU0
The rest was made totally from the source image using warp, transform,polar coordinates, spherize and various blend modes.
The espadrille string theory is about the strings causing all espadrille planets to hang around in space. ;-) (5 years and 908 days ago)
Be sure to view the High Res :) (5 years and 2791 days ago)
The image of the model would work in just about any background. Mirroring the source image doesn't do anything but distract from your concept.
A lot of images are uploaded every day that could be made from anything. 
nice work author
good luck
cool work author
Congrats !
Nice Congrats,
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Remember school plays when you were a kid? What happens when the puppets go to a play?
**The puppets in the seats are out of focus to draw attention to the stage performers.
**From contest source and Cutting lines from different swatch backgrounds, with a gradient to make the hallway.
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No need for strings as her beauty and innocence is music to your ears.
Please view in High Res. (5 years and 3111 days ago)
Very Very Pretty.. HER FEET ARE FANTASTIC!!!! (good Luck artist)
love the lighting effects!! great entry!
Nicee Nice! Amazing!
Beautiful compo... I love the description as well. I just missed some slight shadow for the violin on her arm and body.
You captured a great sophisticated mood. I love your use of complementary colors and the way the colors flow into her body. GL
very pleasant picture with nice colors..
very very nice work...great transition between lighting's,colors are great and mood is awesome...and yes @Drivenslush it looks like u have feet fetish my friend...
well done.
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By the light of its master's incandescent neckpiece, the creature pranced under a looming palm, brought to life by the Mystic's strings. (5 years and 3161 days ago)
Cool idea Author and good luck to you.
Great concept and execution. 
Absolutely very well done author ! Love the details here
great execution and fabulous imagination...very well done author
Really nicely done author!
great idea and very well done
nice thinking and chopping...excellent job
yes agree with the former comments,.....super well done creation.....
excellent work ,very nice ,good luck
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Absolutely stunning, love the colours, the magic feel about it and definately the little woody necklace lol.... my fav so far author
Hard feelings, I like it
Great idea and great execution
This one has a different concept, very creative and well executed. GL!
Here comes high quality entry as I said . Unique work and well executed bro! I love the design of the necklace thingy . Good luck 
great .........
nice job, great manipulation skills, love it
superb work.....well done author
great job author !! good luck
Great job
wow..... excellent
Great image.
OMG...stunning work.
excellent chopping here, well done. and somehow, your username even fits the theme.
Congrats gamemastertips
Congrats!
Congrats for your first place! It's really a great entry!
Ben, congratulations!
Congrats, awesome work
congrats on the 1st winning,......well deserved.....
Congrats - well done puppetizing!
Congrats! for 1st place. Very well executed
Congrats on a very deserving first!
Congrats Ben! your win was easily foreseen
congrats nice work
congrats
Congrats Ben,well deserved 1st place...)
Congrats!
Congrats buddy! fantastic entry
Thank you all so much!! I never expected to get such great feedback....and thanks for the awesomely high score!! 
Congrats!! Excellent!
congrats
Brilliant. Very well done, congrats on your win!
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Nah, you got it all wrong Driven. It's the dawning of the age of espadrilles.
There aren't many voices like Florence LaRue, hehehe, and this vision made me hear her
I had no idea the work had such magical powers. Are you sure you were not under some other influence? *Just joking*
Nope, just a pacemaker.. really neat dreams, especially when I sleep too deeply and it wakes me up LOL
Ahh, the pacemaker was obviously creating the rhythm to the song.
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