How can i make a picture like this?

[Rollie]

(08-06-2017, 01:05 PM)rich2005 Wrote: I was hoping you would give a clue to the sort of images you are producing as well as the end result.

I will start the ball rolling with a suggestion. The G'mic plugin has some possible filters. http://www.gmic.eu and http://gmic.eu/download.shtml - very first section G'MIC plug-in for GIMP

This, typical cyclist with 5 bananas clamped on head. http://i.imgur.com/sncfSCf.jpg

Small image and needs scaling down, but I think you need to work on something larger for effect.  Recommend playing around with values. Do not be afraid of applying the same filter twice for strong results.

Thanks, i will try that out and see what i can do. Here is the sort of images i produce.