This just goes to show that, much like a chainsaw, Photoshop is a time-saving, useful tool in the right hands and a hideous, bloody massacre in the wrong ones.
I have never actually seen a client lop off anyone’s head in a meeting for presenting an idea that was a little different from the usual stuff they see.
Now, I'm a copywriter and therefore a creative person, so I have no trouble with creativity for creativity's sake. Have at it.