So, I ran into a few technical difficulties with this picture. For some reason, when I make a gradient using dark colors in photoshop, the gradient comes out in bands of color rather than a smooth transition, as you might notice with the background colors. I played with layer styles, transparency, different colors and more. Exporting the picture with gradients only made the bands stand out even further. I have noticed this with other pictures, and I have yet to figure out how to fix this problem. So I ended up trying to take out as many of those layers as I could. So I apologize if the picture looks a bit flat.
I did use a photograph as a reference in this picture.
Anyway, in spite of these errors, I hope you all enjoy it.
Credit to  farx for tips throughout.

(Edit: Oddly enough, when I posted this submission, the image seems to have horizontal lines in certain places, as if this was printed from a computer. These however are not on my original file. So not sure what that is all about either. )