The author created their image by photographing a newspaper-covered ball to use as the base. They then edited the photo in GIMP to remove the background and make the ball transparent, resembling a globe. Next, they found a photo of a real globe online to use as a template to add continents. Using selection tools, they cut out the continent shapes and placed them on the ball photo as separate layers. Finally, they experimented with different coloring techniques like desaturation and colorization to make the continents stand out on the textured ball surface.

1. How I created my image

2. How I created my image I covered a ball in newspaper then photographed it to give me the base of my image. I then opened this in GIMP (a photo editing programme) to delete its surrounding back ground making it transparent making it look more like a globe. I did this simply by using the circle cut out tool.

3. How I created my image I then went on the inter net to get a photo of a real globe to use as a template to edit on the continents. I then made this the same size as my image and set it as a separate layer.

4. How I created my image After that i used the ‘Scissor select tool’ i used this as you simply click around the edge and it creates the line along the line of the image.

5. How I created my image Next I put my cursor inside the section which I had selected then pressed enter, this turns the section into a selection rather than a cut out.

6. How I created my image Next I made my second layer invisible by making the eye just on my photograph. This shows the selection of the continents from the globe onto my photo,

7. How I created my image Finally I played about with different ways to colour in the section of the continents, firstly I desaturated the selection making it black and white, however I felt that this didn’t stand out enough. Next I used the ‘Colourify’ tool, I thought that this tool was much more effective in creating a bolder yet still slightly transparent colouring so that the newspaper could still be seen. I then tried out a few different colours such as green and some shades of grey. I then flattened my image and saved it as a jpeg.