Final Image no.1 + production process

 

The primary image, i discovered this image amongst a collection of old photographs of my granddad and realized its potential. I first started by manipulating the image, adjusting the contrast, brightness and tones of the image, to achieve the highest possible level of sharpness and clarity that i could while still maintaining the aged feel of the image. 

Following this, i went to london in which i toured many galleries, museums and exhibitions in order to obtain  various images that i could use to incorporate into my image.

 

Medusa - Statue at the science museum in London

As my chosen theme for my image was based around mythology and fantasy, i focused on locations in  which i could find an abundance of statues, paintings, figures and drawings portraying mythical and fantasy beings. After selecting my chosen image (the above of Medusa the Greek image of evil, if gazed upon would turn the gazer into stone) it was then time to manipulate and incorporate her into my image.

This meant numerous adjustments to both images, firstly, i had to incorporate the image of Medusa seamlessly into the image, to achieve this, i had to cut carefully around the figure of medusa, i then transferred her into the image. Then i had to blend the contrasts and colours of medusa to match that of the contrasts and colours of the original image. I also extended the image on the right hand, i achieved this by using the clone tool and the healing brush tool, in order to make a seamless edit that was unnoticeable this was in order to make provisions of the inclusion of my second incorporated image:

My second incorporated image was to be Poseidon, Greek 'God Of The Seas':

I chose Poseidon as the theme of my image was related to the sea's, Poseidon was the god of the seas and would destroy anyone who displeased him, mainly being ships, relating to my image with the battle ship in the background and the small boat my granddad is standing on in the foreground.

Poseidon - A statue located at the V&A (Victoria and Albert) in London

I had to first locate a suitable statue/image of Poseidon that was well positioned to be incorporated into my image seamlessly and effectively. Like Medusa i had to cut out the image of Poseidon using the lasso tool, i then transferred it into my image, adjusted contrasts, brightness and colours to fit my image and then mirrored the image vertically to be able to fit it correspondingly into my image.

The Final Image

After i incorporated these subjects, it was then time for the overal post production finishing touches to take place on the images, i used a green colour cast, replacing most of the whites and lighter colour while deepening the blacks and increasing massively the overall contrasts of the 3 images combined. Lastly i added in a map gradient style finish, that appears to emnate from around the subjects, creating a magical, powerful field pulsing from these powerful beings, creating a true;

CLASH OF THE TITANS