How I created my image

How I created my imageI covered a ball in newspaper then

photographed it to give me the base of

my image. I then opened this in GIMP (a photo

editing programme) to

delete its surrounding back ground making it

transparent making it look more like a

globe. I did this simply by using the circle cut out

tool.

How I created my image

I then went on the inter net to get a photo of a real

globe to use as a template to edit on

the continents. I then made this the same size as my

image and set it as a separate layer.

How I created my image

After that i used the ‘Scissor select tool’ i used this as you simply click around the edge and it creates the line along the line

of the image.

How I created my image

Next I put my cursor inside the

section which I had selected then

pressed enter, this turns the section into a selection rather than a cut

out.

How I created my image

Next I made my second layer invisible by

making the eye just on my photograph.

This shows the selection of the

continents from the globe onto my

photo,

How I created my image

Finally I played about with different ways to colour in the section of the continents, firstly I desaturated the selection making it black and white, however I felt that this didn’t

stand out enough. Next I used the ‘Colourify’ tool, I thought that this tool was much more effective in creating a bolder yet still slightly transparent colouring so that the

newspaper could still be seen. I then tried out a few different colours such as green and some shades of grey. I

then flattened my image and saved it as a jpeg.