Just as in Merman, I used my own face for "Secret Agent Don." This is standard operating procedure when I create something particularly strange or silly so as to avoid potentially embarassing situations for friends and models.
This was created specifically for my book, Beyond Digital Photography, co-written by my good friend and digital art pioneer Cher Threinen-Pendarvis. Step-by-step instruction on how the image was created is included in the chapter on digital collage. It is considered an "advanced level" Photoshop project, though I had to refrain from taking it even further due to page count limitations!
Note the inclusion of plants and trees that are still growing despite the shark swimming lazily through the branches.
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