Resembles a photomanip in a way

I did learn a lot about using Photoshop back in my PopFusion days through photomanips. I think there's a snake face one on the PF archive that's kind of similar to this one. It was rendered without a background and the hair was a little chunky, so I smudge-smoothed it out a bit too, so there are definitely similar techniques with this one, so you might be right there. I like this one. It's a bit more artsy than normal for me.

Very nice, the close up detail withe the loss of focus towards the outside is a nice effect