Tame Your Sound: Alien Invasion Photomanipulation

Photoshop Manipulation and concept by George Pontino Jr.
Model Photo Provided by the model



*See The Making below...

Tools: Photoshop CS5 I Mac OSX Lion I Wacom pen and tablet

My intro will be lesser this time for i wanted to highlight the final and behind the scenes images. This photomanipulation was borne out of a request. Thanks to Ralph Ledesma (a beatboxer) and his photo taken by Fiel Efenio that I was able to come up with another challenging yet satisfying photomanipulation that is both mysterious and cute, in a sense. Inspired by the Japanese cute culture called Kawaii and robotics, I gathered some juice of creativity for a taming scene (Think the How to Tame Your Dragon scene where the young Hiccup tamed Toothless. You get the Idea) Now, think of a robo bulldog alien that seems fierce but made of speakers and headset, but if you look closely, it is an adorable bot creature that's just want to invade our planet with its beatboxing sounds. Check out below for the step by step image

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THE MAKING...

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Adventure in the Corporate Jungle (Apocalypse Photomanipulation Series)

Photo and Photomanipulation by George Pontino Jr.
Model: Minelle 

This image was accidental for this concept. When I took the picture of the model. I was thinking of a travel theme. But upon looking this a shot, another apocalyptic idea came to my mind and I was challenged to do a different approach: a scenario where the corporate jungle is a just thing of the past.
Let's say man met his last days due to financial doom. The depiction of economic failure is evident here, a  bleak scenario which pushed the corporate world to meet its oblivion: no more meetings, no paperworks, no deadlines, no attendance to keep and ultimately no more office politics. With mismanagement, corruption and maybe, with works of hackers, this scene could happen.
However, despite this destruction, there's this popular Darwinian theory called of survival of the fittest. Some people are still out there scouring for thing just to survive. Indeed, survival is the key in an adventure in the corporate jungle.

(See the Before and After Below. Click images to enlarge)

AN APOCALPYTIC ORIGINAL MUSIC 

BY THE AUTHOR/PHOTOMANIPULATION ARTIST:

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"Get Well Soon..." (Need a Nurse) (-_/-) 37.7 °C

A selfie PhotomaniutaiHelp! Need a Nurse badly! Got the software sickness? or photomanipulation fever. (click the image to enlarge)

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Macro Baptism in the Insect World! (Baby Photomanipulation Series)

Photomanipulation and Concept by George Pontino Jr.

(NOTE: No insects were harmed during the making)

"I baptize you in the name of the ..."
Imagine, this baptism is happening in the insect world where a cardinal is mantis, the photographer is also a mantis and the celebration is attended by the Frogs, bugs and with a violinist grasshopper providing the cathedral music. The model is still my godson Alvi. I made this photomanipulation as an exhibit displayed during his real baptism day. See how I made this from start to finish (see the image below)

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Safari Sun (Photographers in Peril part 5)

Photomanipulation and concept by George Pontino Jr.

(NOTE: No animals were hurt during the shooting of this image and during the 2-hour rush photo manipulation process.)

A spark of an idea can be dangerous...
Well, for my part, a concept can take my mind to the African tundra, jungle or any perilous place  it can imagine. Thanks to Photoshop, every place I go to is just a state of mind. Safe and away from hungry species.  This image, using my godson Alvi's baby photo,  was possible thanks to layers and effects of Adobe's popular software, PS. Photomanipulation is a breeze. See how I did this photo edit called "Safari Sun" from start to finish. -- (see image below)

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Check out also this photomanipulation where Alvi was still on the womb (click here)

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The Ultrasound Room. Doc, Nikonian or Canonian? (A Father's Day Special)

Photomanipulation and Concept by George Pontino Jr.

One day I met up with a friend, a multi-awarded sculptor Natalio "Nonoy" Alob Jr. and he invited me to his son's baptism. He also asked to me to be the Godfather of Alvi.
To commemorate his son's baptism and the upcoming Father's Day, I asked him if he has ultrasound shots of Alvi. Since he's the owner of a Canon 90D, I told him a concept that kept on springing up from my mind: We will be inside the ultrasound room where I'm the doctor and he's seeing something peculiar and seems to asks me if his baby is a Nikon or Canon user. Turns out that Alvi, who is still inside the womb, carries a 90D camera.
So, I took that challenge and here's the final image and its step by step presentation:

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Note: I dedicate this photoshop manipulation wholeheartedly to my father George Pontino Sr. who introduced me early to film photography by giving me his Nikon FA film camera when I was still in High School. He sacrificed his hobby by sharing it to me selflessly and that paved ways to my capturing the world in my own interpretation. Without that sacrifice, I could have not known photography that early. Thanks papa for giving me a Nikonian trail.Happy Father's Day!

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Nethead

Finally, here's my first post entitled "Nethead." 

The idea is simple: Popular web services' logos come popping out from my head. You name it. There's Facebook, Gmail, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter (though I don't Tweet), Skype, Utorrent, Yahoo. The internet has a deluge of other popular ones  but too much isn't good to include them all here. And to consider Friendster and Multiply, these sites are quite extinct in terms of popularity game. But oh, where on earth is Google's multi-colored logo in this entire mess? The Google logo exploded if you circle your eyes around the image.

Shown above is the simple behind-the-scene set up.. an umbrella with SB600 and a mini-softbox mounted on a SB900 Speedlight.  

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