Divided Planet

Divided Planet

Who would have believed that here in this 21st Century humanity would still be suffering turmoil and conflict!

Perhaps the consequences of our acts on ‘The Blue Planet’ may be just too much for her to bear…?

Created by Photo manipulation and filter work in Photoshop.

My thanks to the following contributors for their stock images and photoshop brushes:-

NASA for The Blue Marble
Sirranon of Deviant Art for Scissors
Stephanie Shimerdla for Clouds and Water Brushes Shimerdla

How it was made:-
I used the Flaming Pear Flexify filter to alter the shape of the planet earth – Input – Equirectangular, Output – Quasar, Glue – Pin Light.
Create reflection with FP Flood Filter.
Make a cutout of the Scissors Stock Photo using the Extract Filter, Eraser and History Brush in Photoshop – create new layer for Scissors (by dragging it onto the Earth Background Layer and then resize and position them to appropriate place. Use the eraser to remove parts where they need to be behind the ‘Pinched Earth’.
Use Layer Style to create reflective edges and shadows on the scissors themselves.
New Layer – use Water Brush – in white in correct position. Arrange Layer to go behind the scissors. Use Layer Style to give reflective appearance. Use the Smudge Tool to merge the base of the water into the reflection.
New Layer – Add Clouds with Photoshop Brush – again in white colour and then use Layer Blending and Style to get desired effect – take the opacity down to 50%.
Defringe Layers in turn with Matting Command and then Flatten Image.

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