[Morph]

Thanks much! I went to find the impressionist filter from the link you supplied ~ downloaded it successfully. I'll be checking out that site thoroughly as I only know enough to get myself into further trouble ~ lol...

Curious about the book you wrote? I've a few of the basics like the Photoshop 7 Wow! Book, and (not dating myself here at all) Photoshop 4 Answers! & About Photoshop 5 Limited Edition.

As a newbie here, I just wanted to thank everyone for their patience, help and friendliness I've seen awesome work here and am looking to be inspired and maybe one day inspire others (that's a long shot!)

[Gary Richardson]

You're welcome Morph.

Don't sell yourself short, we all learn from everyone else here in one way or another. Just by posting an image that other people work on you've brought out replies that other people will see and get ideas from.

So you see, you've already inspired others. Not bad for your first few posts eh?

[Morph]

Thanks for the encouragement, Gary :~) With everyone's help & a lot of time playing, I created this for my interim solution. I thought it fair to share what I came up with using everyone's input...

[Gary Richardson]

I'm sure your friend will be pleased with what you've created for her. Hope you had fun doing it.

Thanks for posting your final picture.