Assignment 4: Urban Fantasy ( Review)

I presented my works and received a better response for the 'Moses separating the Red Seas' picture.

However, there were several improvements that need to be made.

Some of the suggestions were:

• The sea was not obvious to the viewer at all
• Perhaps a horizon to show it would be better
• Why is there no human in the picture

I decided to edit the pictures based on the first 2 points. As for the 3rd point, I did not make any changes because I wanted to stick to my initial idea of 'Urban Fantasy' which is to not have any humans in the pictures at all.

First, I decided to add an 'Urban' horizon, which is of a metallic surface picture I took from the airport.



Then, to let the viewer relate it to the idea of the sea, I used the Liquify tool to add waves to the metal.



After which, I was also given ideas that the colour themes of the whole picture was too shallow. There should be more differentiation in colours when it comes to the 'sea' and the 'sky'... while letting the car remain as the main object of focus. Therefore, I decided to add some 'cool' colours to the 'sea'.



To add to the dramatic effect, I created a lightning bolt out of Photoshop tools. This kind of completed the picture and gave it a better overall feel. I felt that through this assignment I have learned how to turn normal pictures into totally different and amazing work of abstraction.



Amazing.