Wow, Excuse My Absence: Distracted by Photoshop Compulsion

Wow, I have posted nothing since last Friday due to my passion for Photoshop.  I love applying my mind to nitty-gritty detailed projects, and when I feel I am learning something new, I become involved with a hyper-focused passion.  My latest attempt to reconstruct the terrible original photo of a fallen sailor taught me a lot, namely about the smudge tool and the liquify filter functions.  I finally got to a version of the latest sailor Photoshop that pleases me most, so I posted it and now will rest my mind by pointing it in a different direction.