a raster silhouette with a bitmapped photographic background

i call my work, “big world small wolf”. this peice was created using some pics from the web

http://amazingtextures.com/textures/data/media/8/Cement_texture_02.jpg 


http://www.arthursclipart.org/silhouettes/animals/COYOTE.gif 

http://www.gracelook.com/wp-content/gallery/nature-hd/nature-landscape1.jpg

here's how i put together this image:

i started off with these two pics. i put them on one page.

 i turned my animal into a "smart object" so that i can move the pic around without distorting  it.

after i positioned it, i removed the background by selecting the white part using the "magic wand" tool then "inverse" so that the black part doesn't end up disappearing.

 

                         i touched up my silhouette by erasing the white pieces that was left over.

i added a drop shadow to give a little "life" to my creature.

i found a nice water texture and threw it on top of  my landscape

i played with the colors until i got the perfect look.

done :)