The ultimate goldfish bowl: built into a pottery cat's tummy

I´M A HUMMER FAN, BUT OF COURSE NEVER WILL BUY ONE OF THIS

This was so much fun do do! I took elements from the original pitcher and created matching mugs!
The mugs are what I am proudest in the picture.. See a higher quality version of them in my media folder!
View full: it's really worth it.

Uh, it's a snake in a jar. My first attempt at layer masks.

Here's what I did! First of all, here are the images I used:
Painting
Picture frame

Then, here is what it looks like when it's not in the picture frame:
Painting with pitcher

AND AS ALWAYS: VIEW FULL!! ;-)

Used 4 pictures

Need some cups to go with the pitcher.

I had to dig deep into unknown territories to accomplish this. For a long while I was completly lost and didn´t have a clue what was going on, but eventually I found my way out of the deep - and this had emerged. It was fun.

No outside sources used. Flowers are made of the pitcher and tablecloth.

This is a little pretentious (okay, it's a lot pretentious :-)) but I was viewing changes side-by-side and it suddenly reminded me very strongly of an "inspirational" poster. I went back and reworked some images to try to capture the creative process. I'm pretty happy with the result. The version I've uploaded here is about half the size of the original, but it is still so big that the thumbnail is pretty butchered. View full for the details if you'd like!