How I made it, in Gimp:
1. I fiddled with the curves, to give the silhouette of the bird.
2. I then selected the background and deleted it.
3. On a new layer I pasted the swirl background (from
http://jarednuss.deviantart.com/art/...wirls-71168818)
4. Lowered the layer to be below the bird and there you are
