This is some WIP shots of a collaboration with positivity-emitter & IG user @op3n_your__mind who's mission is to show people that they matter. I came across a few of his posts which resonated with what I believe and more so what I believe people need to see. I therefore wanted to incorporate his works with portraits, and dress them in my niche.
Below is not the entire process of trial & error which amounted to the final design but includes some key things that I learned on the way such as using & developing my own colour gradients & pallets, adding artificial fog, creating detailed but subtle texture, adding 'glow' to a 'message' which 'floats' in front of the model, creating a sense of distance between subjects, selective sharpening... List goes on. Lots was learned. I wanted to take an already 'good' stock image and make it 'wow' with heavy cyberpunk influences...
