Framed

These are two stock images -- actually royalty-free images from the DigitalVision Geometry series -- used in tandem to create the germ of this image. In fact, this was one of the largest images I every created, nearly 1.5 gigs in size due to the sheer number of layers I used in creating the depth and richness I think this image possesses. Then again maybe it doesn't.

What do I know? I'm just the schmuck who spent hours tinkering with tonal qualities and duplicating layer after layer in hopes to achieve . . . what?

This.