Digital reflection 2

In response to the photo-bashing tutorial, I designed a non-humanoid robot using this technique. I initially sketched over a mechanical box image that was provided as a template, playing around with ideas such as animal and bug legs, as well as thinking of the robot's possible functions, such as defence or delivery service. my favourite sketch was of a four-legged defence robot. I liked this design best as there was a potential to create complex interesting shapes with the legs, and being able to photo-bash mechanical systems within the structure of the robot legs.

My initial sketches and blending practise.

I then took this sketch and the original mechanical box, and used new resources such as Photobash.org, where I collected images of machinery such as flight landing gear, industrial cables, as well as everyday objects such as a pen and an asthma pump, which I used to create the turret. I also utilised the colour match tool in Photoshop to create more accurate lighting, and colour-picking. I ensured that I heavily edited the images I used by transforming them to fit the perspective and warping them to adjust the shape, as well as using paint brushes to work over the top. I was very pleased with my final photo-bash, as I felt that it had a certain level of realism and also showed originality with my own adjustments to the images.

Finished photobash