Contextual Study & 2D Design ( SY )

About my design:
I did this design in related to what happen to our world now.

That was my initial idea, I brought that idea further in to making it into a movie poster.

Making into movie poster. I did not dare to try it, because I worry what I explain to my lecturer in the beginning will get it wrongly due to the outcome.

This was my sketch...

This is my final

This are some steps on how I edited the image.

The building

before

after

This the before and after of the KLCC building that I have taken.

Edit process:
I desaturate the image and then I did masking on it.
I have a total of 3 layer to create this effect

Second city

Before

As a reflection

Making into icy city

As a reflection, edit process

Picture taken at KLCC
1.Crop and copy the image

1. Paste the image
2. Adjust to scale

1. Filter the image ( Filter > Filter Gallery > Sketch > Plaster )
2. Adjust the effect accordingly

This is how it should looks like.

1. Used quick selection tools to select the building
2. Once selection was done. Add layer mask
3. Click Ctrl + Backspace to remove background

1. Adjust the building
2. Edit > Transform > Perspective

1. Adjust the building until it fits nicely onto the other building

1. Create clipping mask for the city layer.

Here is the final result you will get.
Looking awesome as the reflection.

Making into icy city, edit process

1. Crop the city. I used the same cropping method from above
2. Image > Adjustment > Invert
3. The reason I invert the image is because it makes the colour more easy to edit later on.
(Suddenly feel smart after doing this, muahaha... did lots of experiment and researching)

1. Image > Adjustment > Selective Colour...
2. Adjust the white tone

Adjust the grey tone accordingly from 'selective colour'

Adjust the black tone accordingly from 'selective colour'

1. Image > Adjustment > Colour balance
2. I edit until bluish. Adjust until it looks icy icy
3. Adjust the shadow

Adjust the midtone

Adjust the highlight

1. Add in some filter making it looking more like icyyyyyyyyyy
2. Filter > Filter Gallery > Artistic > Plastic Wrap
3. Adjust accordingly.

To make it looks like melting.
1. Rotate the whole image
2. Image > Image Rotation > 90°CW
3. Filter > Stylize > Wind4. Make sure the direction is going downwards of the building.
5. Repeat step 3 & 4 a few times
6. Once done, rotate back the image again.

This is how it should looks like ( I liquify a bit)

The whale

Before

Into watery whale

Reflection to the building

Watery whale, edit process

1. Used pen tools and create the path around the whale.
2. Make selection
3. Add layer mask
5. Remove the background by pressing Ctrl+backspace
6. Remove selection

1. Filter > Filter Gallery

1. Artistic > Plastic Wrap
2. Adjust until my desire whale

Tada... the whale funny looking whale.
( My mum said looks like human. ==|||)

Adjust the size

1. Make the whale bend more
2. Filter > Liquify

1. To make the colour effect
2. Click 'create new fill or adjustment layer' > Hue and saturation
3. Adjust until I like it.
4. Apply clipping mask

Whale reflection, edit process

1. Duplicate the whale layer
2. Flip the image

Resize the image

Change the blending option to linear burn

I readjust the whale again

1. Click 'create new fill or adjustment layer' > Hue and saturation into this layer too.
2. Adjust the brightness/contrast

Water wave

Before ( Only the water area is used)

After

Water wave process:

Crop and paste the image.

Filter the image with plastic wrap

Desaturate the image.

I paste the image again.

1. Adjust the image.
2. I did masking. ( To blend with the desaturated water image)

1.Duplicate a few more water image without desaturating it.
2. Add effect to different layer of the water image ( I used filter > distort > twirl )
3. Keep doing until I have the effect.

Water splash

After

I did not want to take picture from the internet. So I find a way to do the water splash

Before
Taken in the LRT

Water splash, edit process

Copy and paste the image

Desaturate the image

Layer > Layer mask > hide all
Only apply to the current image

1. Use the splatter brush to do the effect
2. Use white colour to reveal the image
3. Render the area where the splash going to be

Rotate the brush if needed

Background

This image was taken from one of my classmate ( Ryan Lee Run Lin )

1. I duplicate another layer.
2. The original layer, I filter with ( filter > filter gallery > plastic wrap)
3. I adjust the colour of the original layer.
4. With the copied layer, I Add masking on it.
5. Erase some of the bottom area to reveal the original layer.
6. Adjust the copied layer with 'hue and saturation'

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