Protest
original image

Entry guide: step 1 of 7

Overlaid the image 3 times.
Entry guide: step 2 of 7

Got out the eraser and did a rough job.
Entry guide: step 3 of 7

Distort Twirl.
Entry guide: step 4 of 7

Scaled and distorted the bottom tail. Copied, flipped and merged twice. Copied, reduced and rotated.
Entry guide: step 5 of 7

Filled the background with black. Copied, Gaussian, copied again and rotated.
Entry guide: step 6 of 7

Then I went back and did most everything again because I didn’t like the format. Got back to where I was, made 5 layers and tweaked opacity, levels, curves, etc.
Entry guide: step 7 of 7

Basically repeated the last step till I got bored.
final result

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