So for this assignment, even though I had Photoshop downloaded on my laptop, I barely had any experience with it. And despite being a photographer, I always used Lightroom and VSCO to edit my photos and even though a lot of photographers highly recommended that I learn how to use Photoshop, I never really bothered to fully venture into it. However with Commlab, I now have the motivation to learn Photoshop since it’s related to my assignments. At first, I had some trouble brainstorming ideas for what I’d like to Photoshop so I decided to think about film and shows that I liked. When I was younger I watched a film called “Treasure Planet” which I really enjoyed so I decided that I’d like to make an image that was inspired by the film. So I decided for the image that I wanted it to be a wooden ship that flew through outer space like in a fairy tale or fantasy world. So for my outer space background, I decided to use this image which I found:
Then for my wooden boat, I thought about wooden boats and it led me to think of using the “Going Merry” from the manga “One Piece”. One Piece is definitely one of my favorite manga’s and I loved the Going Merry boat so I decided to use this image:
I felt that it would be interesting to add wings to the boat to show that it flew and I also thought that if the boat had wings, it would appear more magical and magnificent so I used this image:
Finally, even though the picture is taking place in outer space, I felt that if there was a moon in the background, it would look really nice and I also happen to like the moon a lot as well. Originally I was going to use a crescent moon cause that’s my favorite kind but then I thought about the moon from one of my favorite video games “Kingdom Hearts” and decided to use their moon instead:
In the end, by separating the other images from their initial background and inserting them into the outer space background that I had chosen, this was the final result:
In the end, I had a lot of fun with this assignment and hope that there will be more class activities in the future where we will have the opportunities to utilize Photoshop!