The glitterguru on Photoshop: From Concept to Cool

Chapter 9. The Borg

There in my head...meandering about, ever changing into new formations as I sit and chat. Call them delusions, perhaps visions, of a skewed reality, amplified realism. Born from these episodes are these caricatures of real people. Visuals created in almost a Ouija-like trance; some unexplainable force spurs me to craft pixels into strange and fascinating things. Climb aboard our saucer-shaped ship for a trip to the outer limits of space.

Throughout this book I’ve said that when doing compositing, it’s best to shoot all the elements of an image under the same lighting conditions. Sometimes, however, you will want to combine ...