Some days you are just meant to be creative… I think yesterday was that day for me. I saw that Erik Johansson released a new composition, and it sparked a wave of creativity within me. I discovered Erik’s work via Adobe Max this year – his presentation was awesome and very inspiring. Seriously, do yourself a favor and go watch it.
I digress… I’ve been doing a lot of aerial photography lately, and after seeing Erik’s latest composition I thought to myself: why not take some of my aerial photos and start altering reality? My immediate idea was to create a surrealistic composition where you are looking down through a crystal ball. Next thing you know, this happened…
Here are a few iterations from the creative spark. I think v.2 (without the flames is my favorite):
Attribution:
The aerial image was mine, captured with a DJI Phantom and GoPro camera. Check out the original image on Flickr.
I also used a few assets from wikimedia.org in this composition:
Now, go get Photoshop, and Enjoy!