1. The original images I chose was: the sun, some palm trees, a hammock and a light orb to add a halo of light.
2. The background size was 6 inches wide and 4 inches long at 300 ppi.The sun was 650 x 388, the Palm trees was 300 x 225, the Hammock was 310 x 206 and the light orb was 800 x 600. These are small pixel sized images, however because i used them in their original size, or slightly smaller, the 300 ppi worked.
3. I wanted to make a postcard that addressed the non stop nature of our society. It's important to relax and give yourself rest, which is the main point of the postcard.To do this, i wanted to have a woman relaxing on a beach, having palmtree's present with a hammock further enforces the relaxation effort of this postcard. In order for me to make this visually interesting i added some light from a light orb, found on the internet.
4. I started with the background. In order to make the palm trees and hammock match with the background and not just sit on top, I created a mask for them. This allowed a more organic looking palm tree and hammock. I then added in the woman, who was just a copy and paste/re-size. After that I added the sun photo, and masked it in the sky to make it look like a beautifully clear day. I made some modifications to locations of each elements, then I submitted it.
