Assignment 5 Colage

1. I thought up the idea. i knew i wanted something dark and with a spiraling stair case definitely black and white, very Tim Burton.

2. I began to gather. the images and like I should have expected I found nothing that i wanted. so I settled for a bunch of 3rd and 6th bests

3. I started with my first image on a withered forest

4. Then I added the image of the clouds and the lighter image of the forest because the trees are more prominent

5. I like the white glow but i feel it implies hope and i want to make it more ominous so I put the forest on top of it but showed it by separating the lighter forest. 

6. after some trial and error I decided to change the image to blue and white like the first image instead of black and white like i originally intended.

7. I used a mask and soft brush to merge the images together

7 - continued -

8. I added a gradient on the white to blend better with the clouds dark bottoms

9. The original image and the lighter forest didn't have tree tops so i found an image of a tree and used the top to complete the trees so the image wouldn't look so awkward.

10. i added in the moon

11. then i changed its color

12. there was a lot of work on the person i didn't screenshot but basically i added shadow and cast shadow using a black brush on a layer with lower opacity. i added highlights using color dodge mode. and used color balance to make it blue like the rest of the image.

And this is the finished product