I love the mythical stories about oak trees and the faerie spirits who dwell within them. In Greek mythology, a Dryad is a spirit living within the oak. In Celtic myth the oak was symbolic of a portal to the Otherworld, a door between the light and dark seasons of the year as well as a place of protection. I did this image awhile ago intending to upload it to CM. Now that I'm finally well enough to participate a little more, I'm glad it works for this challenge. I used scans of my photo of a local oak tree, a door photo from one of my travels (can't remember where),some text and a pencil sketch of the face. My process is always the same: layer the images and move them around until I like the composition, play with the different modes, play with hue adjustments and level adjustments, burn and dodge a little and maybe add some texturizing.