I tried to make this abstract as well. I cropped the image to how I liked it, played with color a little bit, and then I altered the picture using several Adobe programs. In the end I came up with about 8 images to narrow it down from, and I am still going to play with this image a little bit and see what I can do to it with a few 3D programs just for fun.
[This message has been edited by Shawn Stroud (edited January 26, 2007).]