Final Images
October 8, 2009
Finally, after two weeks, here are my final images. They took some time and definitely a lot of patience, but in the end I’m pretty happy with how they turned out.
The image of the snake in the water was by far the most difficult. I guess it was so hard because I had to copy and paste tiny portions of the snake’s body and then distort it in order to create what you see. I then had to try and create some convincing splashes where the snake meets the water. Maybe even more difficult than that was making the boat’s wake, but in the end I think it’s looks good enough.
I also had some help with creating a greater perception of depth at the Digital Output Center where I got some good advice on using gradients to darken and lighten areas.
Anyway, here is the image in its completed form on my computer. The printed version uses the gradients I explained, but the image I am uploading doesn’t as I did that final editing on a computer at the DOC.
Might not look like it, but this was waaay tough.
My next photo is the image of a dinosaur towering over a Denny’s where a squad of plastic army men are converging. This was a much more straightforward task, it wasn’t easy, but I knew how to do it.
Certain things about this image that were particularly difficult were firstly, erasing the power lines in front of the dinosaur. This was just a very time consuming thing to do. I’m sure there must of been an easier way to do it, but it was unknown to me. Secondly, I had to distort the army men to a point where it appeared as though they were standing on the pavement. I then copied them and darkened the duplicate to make the shadow. This too had to be arranged in a convincing way.
One thing I particularly like about this image is the the smoke coming from the dinosaur’s mouth and the army man who is partially burned. I think the relationship is kind of interesting as there is no evidence that the dinosaur really lit the guy on fire, rather, it is implied.
My third image remained as it was in an earlier post of mine.
wow I didn’t know that those soldiers were toys, too. Good work