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Many different procedures / treatments / effects were applied to the original image to get to the final version. 

In fact, there are so many that it would take huge amount of typing to walk you through all of them.     Instead, how about starting with a simpler task: Which of the effects would you like to learn about first?

a) The original image was scaled in the horizontal direction to restore the subject to an appropriate width.

b) The hair is simplified.

c) The tie now has a tree growing from it.

d) The white shirt is now black.

e) The background has been changed from pure black to a "radiating-rays" motif.

f) The subject's skin has been changed from a normal color to a gold-paint kinda look.

g) Extra highlights and shadows on the subject's face have been added.

Tom M