Nature Man
Collage Challenge In e-Comm, we recently embarked on our first challenge of the year. We were given a base photo of a man, and tasked with making a collage out of it. We were given creative freedom with what we could do and what pictures we could use. What Did I Do? At first, I was not sure where to begin. I personally am drawn to the ocean, so I figured I would do aquatic themes. I found non-copyrighted photos of beaches and waves and chose which ones I liked. From there, I decided to make the man's jacket into a beach and his hair into the waves. It was interesting getting everything to fit. How Did I Do It? I started with the jacket, as that was a much easier thing to do. Using a clipping mask, I made the beach into the jacket with the ebbing waves just beneath his shoulders. Manipulating the light curves, I got both the jacket and the background to reasonable colors. Next, I tackled his hair. His hair was definitely tricky because it was wispy a