This is not a photo-or is it?

Look closely at this picture. Think that it is a photo? Think again. Check on the linked site and you'll see how this person uses Adobe Photoshop and some other geeky stuff to make this picture. The step-by-step picts of the work in progress is charted on that site. Amazing and hats off to the person.

Update 1: After reading some of the comments at the blog, I'm starting to wonder if this is actually a fake. Maybe it is... hard to tell. Well, it just shows that with Photoshop, you can alter photos, and you can make people think that you've created a photo. Regardless, it's a nice picture... erm... photo.

Update 2: Seems like the original post that I linked to is really a fake. Well, the starting point of the picture is actually a photo. For the real deal on it, check out the CGArena piece on it called Making of Yuka. Thanks to all who pointed it out in the comments.