First the eye was selected and worked on, adding the pentacle. Then the selection was inversed and a heavy gaussean blur applied. I then proceeded to free-hand (with mouse) to draw the snake around the eye. Many layers were used and color shifted to obtain final result.
This is pure surrealism to me. A fantastic photo.
With every look I see something I haven't seen before. With every new thing I find in the photo, a completely different thought comes into my mind.
It is absolutely wonderful!