ASSIGNMENT 1

ORIGINAL IMAGE

EDITED IMAGE

The first image was taken in February last year, by the lakefront. I was intrigued by the lionhead sand sculpture in a children s park and then decided to capture it.

When I brought back the picture for this assignment it immediately reminded me of the cave of wonders from Disney's Alladin and I wanted to see if I could manipulate the image to appear like what a child would perceive the sculpture had he seen the movie recently.

I colored the image and used the crosshatch filter in photoshop a couple of times to give a more artistic look (like the image was painted on canvas)

I decided to keep the ships in the background and actually highlight one as a ghost ship or rather a mirage of a ship that one sees on the desert sands.

I added text to the image using an font that resembles that used in the movie. I am considering removing it so that the audience is allowed the benefit of doubt (about its origins) when presented with this image.

While I did not intend to confuse the audience I thought that its portrayal in a fantasy setting might intrigue it and bring back childhood memories!

Original Image 2

Edited Image 2

This second image was also captured on the same day at the lakefront in the evening.

I enjoyed seeing a fighter jet soar through the sky and then disappear almost as suddenly as it appeared leaving only a trail of jetstream as evidence in the wake of its short lived existence.

Bringing the image back for the assignment brought back memories of the imperial blockade by the Galactic Empire on the planet of Hoth (The empire strikes back)

I looked into compositing the image with a model of a imperial star destroyer that was provided for free from an open source model site, and used zbrush, a digital sculpting software to position 3 copies of the model in perspective against the image as a background.

I desaturated the image and using linear dodge increased the contrast on the ships and allowed the jet stream to become visible above the ships.

This gives the impression that the aircraft (or in this case the millenium falcon) is escaping over the imperial start destroyers that are converging on its position.

I removed the branches using clone stamp and turned the clouds into Nebula's by coloring them and blending them into the rest of the composition with Linear Burn and outer glow.
The stars were added into the composition using a modified brush and the background was darkened to give the impression of space.

This composition intrigues me because the original presentation of the picture is from the perspective of the audience looking skywards, but its manipulation and lighting has turned the perspective into a 3/4 presentation.

I am hoping this image intrigues the audience as much (or perhaps more) than the first, and makes them remember their affection for this pivotal moment in science fiction cinematic history.