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Daily Create #tdc2694

 

When I first read this daily create topic this morning, I had no idea if I would be able to make a post about it. I have spent my whole day being very aware of my surroundings, looking around for any areas that seemed like they could be from a different planet. I went to quite a few places today and could not find anything. It was not until I was sitting on my couch completing my other assignments that I looked on my coffee table and seen the basket of stitched balls that is considered a “centre piece” for the table. Right then I realized that could act as a perfect landscape for an unknown far away planet. To top it off, there was a toy spider already in the basket (my little cousin was over this weekend). I was able to then note that this sequinned spider was the prettiest of it’s kind and the only inhabitant on the planet. Who knew a centre piece on your table that has been there for years could make up such a good story?!

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Daily Create #tdc2694: Another Planet

Visiting Another Planet
I was a huge space geek when I was younger, so when I saw the daily create for today, my mind had a million ideas at once on what I should do. I ended up narrowing down my ideas to those related to gas planets, specifically Neptune, since that was where some of my more creative ideas were. I debated using dark humor for my entry, given how dangerous the gas planets would be to visit in reality, but I figured it wouldn’t be as fun as suspending disbelief.

First, I looked for a backdrop that looked similar to the color of Neptune. This was hard because most of the blue stuff I had was either too dark, more teal-like, or too small. I eventually came across a Snuggie that ended up being the right color and size for the photo. Since Neptune is very cold (around -214 degrees celsius!), I wore a coat and my UNE hat. My next challenge was conveying the fact that Neptune is a gas planet. I looked online for a PNG (Portable Network Graphic) of smoke and came up with a couple of good images. I used Gimp to crop the original photo and to add the smoke effect on. I discovered the duplicate layer tool, which made it helpful to have smoke around me while not covering my face. I also tinted the layers to have the smoke look more blue.

This was definitely a very fun create!

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