Berard+N+Texture

Photos. Photos everywhere! Well not really actually, I only had 7 in mine. I tried to create a classic apocalypse scene, the meteor hitting the ground. But I added a twist to mine, someone took a photo of it before it hit the ground. I also added a small thing of tree sap/amber. to add a small story bit to my picture, because who doesn’t love some mystery and sci-fi? instead of 3 images, I needed 7. and I went far past 10 changes with a total of 29 changes altogether. most of the changes consist of erasing the background, resizing the image, cropping, and the classic copy and paste. but there was also some burning effect, rotations, editing colors, placing, levels, and color adjustment. I added framing to my project t add a old/worn out look. I used fill the frame with the ‘fire’ on the meteor because I wanted to use space and look like it was coming down so a lot of the fire is off of the picture. I had obvious emphasis on the meteor because it is one of the only things in color. there is a rhythm for the border because it is the same exact thing repeated 4 times. I have color working with emphasis to show importance. I also have shape to show fire, meteor, etc. I also have texture on the fire, rock, border, and background. I really emphasized the texture in the meteor and fire to show its importance to the piece. I also add rusty metal to add old effects. My concept is that I like apocalypse type things, so I decided I’d finally make something to cause an apocalypse. There is also a lost alien artifact that was lost long ago. And it had just recently found, so the beings who lost it found it and want it back. But instead of negotiations, they attack us by throwing giant meteorites at our planet. We then have a man taking a picture of a nice day. He then sees far away turn white and sees a meteor falling down. He takes one picture before it hits the earth ultimately destroying and killing thousands. But in their actions the aliens destroy the artifact they wanted, so they leave never returning. What I find successful about this photo mash-up is the framing and background. I really enjoy how the background fades to white. But with all positives, there are negatives. The negatives here are the meteor and the fire. I say this because the meteor looks odd with the coloring, and the fire does not remind me a lot of real fire. It reminds me of cartoon fire. But for a first project I am very happy with how it turned out.