Task 2

1. Create an image of a city that is being invaded by some giant creatures. The creatures could be chickens, spiders, pigs, dogs or similar. Brainstorm some possible ideas in your workbook or journal.

2. Download a reasonably good quality image of a cityscape from the internet. Then use a search engine to find at least three good quality photographs of your chosen creature. Save all the images to a folder. In Photoshop, open up the cityscape, to use as your background. Now open up each of your creature images. Use one or more of the selection tools to select the first creature. Once your selection is complete, copy the selection (Ctrl C) and paste it (Ctrl V) onto the cityscape. Use the transform option to resize, rotate, flip or distort your creature. Add more images of the creature by pasting them (Ctrl V) onto the background. Repeat this process for the other two images. Each time you paste a new image, Photoshop will place it on a different layer. Switch between the layers to move the creatures to different locations to create an interesting and well balanced composition.

3. Record the process you used to create this image by making notes in your journal.

4. Print out the finished image.

5. Evaluate the finished image.

6. Select a photograph from a book or the internet that has been digitally manipulated. Provide the title, date and media, and outline at least six steps that you think the artist may have used to make the work.