Time Vortex- Late Art Explosion Entry

I woke up in the middle of the night with this image in my mind, not quite sure where it had come from. I was just thinking about a sky machine with a creature flying into a time vortex that was slowly eating reality because he was in the wrong dimension. I drew for a half hour and here is the first sketch I made.

I have been particularily inspired by three steemit artists lately; @patschwork for her surreal multi-media creatures @agneslaczo by her inventive and colorful illustrations and @romanie 's magnificient and wild pieces that just set my mind free with artistic possibilities.

Perhaps you can see a tiny bit of their influence in this piece; here it is 3 hours ago before I added finishing touches.

And here it is before and after image manipulation with google photos simple but useful filters.

I basically used the "pop" filter, increased the exposure as well as the blacks and shadows.

Created this for @juliakponsford 's #artexplosion contest, but entered late for various reasons:)