To play
Entry guide: step 1 of 12

Extracted the doll from the source image and desaturated it.
Entry guide: step 2 of 12

I learned some things about art history while tryiing to find what cubism really is about.
Entry guide: step 3 of 12

Created a solid color background layer. Duplicated the desaturated doll 8 times and applied the treshold command each time with different values. Then selected the dark areas with the polygon lasso, reversed the selection and deleted the unwanted parts.
Entry guide: step 4 of 12

Filled the selected parts with a solid gray. Set layermode to multiply.
Here is the result with some layers in place.
Entry guide: step 5 of 12

And some more layers...
Entry guide: step 6 of 12

Added the doll below the other layers.
Entry guide: step 7 of 12

Added some layer styles...
Entry guide: step 8 of 12

Extracted a part from the sheet music.
Entry guide: step 9 of 12

Well, it's cubism, we need a guitar....
Entry guide: step 10 of 12

Added the text and the notes.
Entry guide: step 11 of 12

More background...
Entry guide: step 12 of 12

Decided the color was not needed.
final result

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