First time doing this

Let's just say that i got motivated to do something different these last couple of days... There's this birthday of a person coming on, and I have no cash whatsoever to buy ... something.. anything.. hell, even if i would have money, i wouldn't know what to ... So, i was thinking to do some photo manipulation, a dedication of some sorth... This image ain't quite the final product, but what astonished me is the fact that i've managed to get the effects that i wanted from the first try, in this specific style of manipulation... And considering the fact that i haven't used Photoshop since an year or so...