I had an awesome stock pic to work with,~Almehikilje does such awesome work, I can only hope that he likes this...keep in mind I'm still new to all of this....so with that said heres the method to my maddness behind the pic.

I seen the pic, I thought his eyes were just gorgeous in the pic....and wanted to do something with it. A line from a queensryche song kept going through my head...."Hauntingly holding my fate with a gaze. Like a child, mesmerized by the candle's flame.
Oh what lies behind those eyes I could only guess. That certain way you stood apart from the rest." It's from Hand on Heart off of the Empire album...excellent song...so I ran with the idea of what secrets could he be hiding behind those eyes. I croped the pic and rotated it, added background to the outter edges and then 2 of the lines that kept going through my head.

stock photo [link]
rest was paint shop pro8

Thank you ~Almehikilje, for being my inspiration behind this, I hope I did your pic justice....your eyes are beautiful and I enjoyed working on this.