Been listening to Gary Numan's Exile album waaaay too much.
This went through a dozen (atleast) foregrounds. The background has been done for awhile, and is in my scraps w/the original idea. I added Max today within a 1/2 hour.
Foreground done in SAI, background in Photoshop. I cannot recommend SAI enough. It's MUCH easier to blend in than Photoshop. It's FREE for the first 30 days... and I love it so much. http://sai.detstwo.com/sai/