I achieved the family resemblance by manipulating a picture from JFK's college days and then using illustrator to clothe him in an appropriate style and color. Rac, a character inspired by the comic book Shade, the Changing Man was rendered with a picture of a gothic cathedral and a still of Peter Weller from the movie Screamers . Peter Weller was not magenta colored in the movie. All were done with a mixture of Photoshop and Illustrator. Resisting easy categorization, the following graphics are a sample of other work I've done.
All graphics are active links.
These three buttons were done as link-points for a webpage that never reached completion. It utilizes a photograph of a cemetary statue and a skull image, along with some simple gradient work. It was eventually printed out by a color printer and posted in appropriate places.