Sulymaan Hameed chose two backgrounds for his final pieces that clearly showed a foreground, middle ground, and background. This would allow him to easily photoshop his portraits into the images following the rule of thirds. Taking inspiration from Eugenia Loli, he decided galaxy images would make good backgrounds and add complexity to the photos. However, two other background images were declined - one with a red tint restricting additions, and another that was too complex to photoshop over.