Cross-Product Creative Challenge #6: Galactic Wildlife!

[AlanGilbertson]

This is the Cross-Product Challenge. An image from a prompt is definitely not enough! This is for anyone at any skill level, but the whole idea is to use different tools to build your Firefly image into a complete work.

Pick a style for this project: graphic novel, movie, 1950s TV show, manga, documentary. The choice is yours.

Generate an extraterrestrial Sci-Fi creature using text-to-image in Firefly, Photoshop, or Illustrator in your chosen style, then complete the picture. What kind of world does it live in? What other critters or plants or alien natives are there? Using any tools you like, build an environment for your critter to show it in its natural habitat.

[AlanGilbertson]

That's definitely not a corporation I'll be applying to! 😱🤣

[Nils M. Barner]

This is some galaxy wildlife classy. I added some elements from Illustrator in Photoshop. There are 8 to find... happy hunting 😉

Nils

[AlanGilbertson]

That's a wonderfully rich scene, Nils. I spotted a couple of butterflies, missed the rest of your Illustrator bits (so far).

[Junior Rocha]

Very Cool, I Found 4 flowers, 2 butterflies and 1 pack of trees

[Andy Tells Things]

Photoshop and Firefly! 

[Harold Silva]

 

[DeanUtian]

Started with Firefly creating this creature.

Then went to Photoshop to add a broader context. Environment was kept simple.

[DeanUtian]

Another version. Didn't quite like the planets.

[AlanGilbertson]

Gotta love fluffy critters with big eyes. Really, there's no choice about that. Pixar and Disney have built an empire on them! (Sudden ghastly thought: If tribbles had big eyes, humanity would have been doomed and we'd never have seen TNG, let alone Voyager, Deep Space Nine, or Picard-the-Never-Ending-Story!)

[Michele Weisbart]

 So fun! Galaxy fashion show. Butterfly aliens and flower aliens created with different prompts, composited in Photoshop, lighting corrected for composite and color changes for a little more drama.

[AlanGilbertson]

Nicely done. Thanks, Michele!

[MicahBurke]

The Expedition

 

[AlanGilbertson]

Hi Micah. Which is the alien and which the native habitat becomes a question of viewpoint, doesn't it? Composited in Photoshop, I presume.

[bluebrad]

An alien predator from a low-gravity moon, with translucent crystalline armor, six elongated legs adapted for leaping great distances, and glowing bioluminescent patterns that pulse when communicating. The creature’s head has fractal-shaped antennae that detect radiation waves, and its eyes shimmer like molten metal. The background shows a jagged asteroid canyon under a massive ringed gas giant in the sky, with faint cosmic dust clouds. Highly detailed, cinematic lighting, ultra-realistic textures, 8K.

[AlanGilbertson]

Hi Brad! That thing looks like it could give you a nasty chomp if you got too near. What was your process (besides the prompt)?

[fbeaume]

I started in Photoshop to create an alien main character from an archive image.
I then switched to Illustrator to draw a logo that fit the theme and placed it on the alien's T-shirt.
I used the main character to create a rough reference image to use in Firefly to generate an army of Zen aliens.
Finally, I put everything back into Photoshop to create the final scene with some color grading and dramatic lighting.

[AlanGilbertson]

Magnificent! That's what this challenge is all about. Thanks for the breakdown and the "behind the scenes" look at your process.

[fbeaume]

Thanks Alan!