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.

[Sk. Arif Hossain]

Okay, here's a spoiler: if this post gives a 100 upvotes or comments, I'll reveal who the person is?

[Christelle RD]

Great job Arif!
Those trees are very interesting as well as the way you used jellyfishes and mushrooms 🙂

[Sk. Arif Hossain]

Thank you, Christelle 🙂

[Rollan Banez]

[AlanGilbertson]

Hi Rollan. What was your process after you got the initial image?

[EuanWilliamson]

A galaxy of the Guardians 

Multiple firefly and composition

[AlanGilbertson]

Oh, that's fun, Euan. Love the play on words!

[Jumpenjax]

Sea creatures with flying jellyspaceship stinger, looking up to the galaxy.

[Christelle RD]

I wanted to create a Galactic Wildlife in the style of Maleficent's Kingdom or Pandora. Fantasy in harmony, poetry and a touch of magic.

Here is the process -
1- Firefly
I generated several images. Below are the two backgrounds (one main background and another one where I used the pink flowers at the bottom and part of the sky) that I used to create the scene's environment.
I generated several characters. Firefly did a great job with the (poor) drawings of the ant-headed character with luminescent antennae and the jellyfish with a plant-like body. One prompt was enough to generate the others, but I find that they look very similar.
2- Photoshop
I started with the background, keeping what interested me most in each of them, and used generative development / removed in certain places with Camera Raw. I transformed the entire background into a Smart Object and used the Camera Raw filter to improve the colorimetry.
Then I removed background of the characters, improved the colorimetry (with Camera Raw or Hue/Saturation or/and painting) and placed their shadows.
Finally, I used the Kodac 2383 Color Look-up at 50% and the Cinematic split tone Preset at 30%.

   

  

                

 

  

     

[AlanGilbertson]

That's just brilliant! I love the cinematic depth and color grading, and these little guys are adorable. Everything you do is so beautifully finished, I'm in awe.

[Christelle RD]

Thank you Alan 😊

[fbeaume]

Awesome composition work Christelle! 
Cinematic color grading leaves me speechless!!!

[Christelle RD]

Oh thank you so much Franck 😊

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

I wanted to create this entirely in iPad so Firefly Web (no iPad version available 🙁) → Adobe Express iPad

[AlanGilbertson]

I dunno. That looks pretty fishy to me... 

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

You got the idea, Alan 😆

[Peru Bob]

 

[Mariam Hovhannesyan]

Created with firefly and edited with photoshop. 

[AlanGilbertson]

Very atmospheric, Mariam. I like the leading line to the arch under the giant tree.

[Henrik Heigl]

a little playful galactic scene

[AlanGilbertson]

Looks nice, Henrik. Fill us in on how you built the scene!

[@mj]

Looking for brave souls @AlanGilbertson !

FF with a smattering of Express, Ai and a dollop of Ps

 

[AlanGilbertson]

Oh my. There's a strong Ridley Scott vibe to that one, Mo! (I'm not sure it qualifies as "native habitat," but hey, no reason to be picky. 🤣

[@mj]

Had to throw in an incentive there @AlanGilbertson. You defo scotted the vibe 🙂

[fbeaume]

Love that!!!!
It almost looks like a corporate brochure.