Description

Well. I already typed all this out, but for some reason, it was gone. Here goes again.

1. I made a model using a mousetrap, a ping-pong ball and an old pizza box.
2. I got a tube of semi congealed stained glass paint and squeezed it onto the model to create the large, bloody veins and nerve bundles.
3. I painted the medium sized veins onto the "eye" using stained glass paint.
4. I took photos of the model.
5. I imported the pictures into Photoshop.
6. I painted on the very fine blood vessels using the paintbrush tool.
7. I took a macro photo of my own eye and superimposed the iris and pupil onto the ping-pong ball.
8. I did some touching up to match light sources and so on.
9. I did some slight alterations involving saturation and contrast.
10. I added a blurred, slightly darkened vignette to create a border.

So. There you have it.
If this description disappears, I will be most upset.