Here are my initial ideas that I developed for the desertification piece:
I chose the idea because I thought it will be a strong piece that coveys the message of the affected animals in a way that portrays the reality of what happens to the animals and I think showing the animal dead will give the negative effect that I am trying to achieve and the fact that the tree and the dead animals body are connected in one circle makes the piece more easier to understand.
Here is the sketch that I created for the piece I did the sketch to help me visualize the final product hen I finish the piece:
I gathered the images that I needed to create the piece. I made sure that all the images are high quality that they are large files and I did that by using advanced search and filtered out my results.
here are the sources:
http://www.newtopgardentools.com/blog/3-easy-steps-to-operate-a-chainsaw-with-pictures/chain-saw-safet-precautions-2/
first I opened my first image of the tiger and then used the spot healing tool to remove half of the tiger then after that I inserted the piece of meat that I was going to place inside the tiger then I got rid of the white background then I refined the edges to make the meat not have any hard edges that will make it look unrealistic the I rotated the piece of meat then I wrapped it to adjusted it to make it fit the tiger then I changed the brightness and contrast to make it lighter and not so red but instead I made it into a faded red.
I tried to get some of the blood on the branch using the brush tool to make it look realistic. then I inserted a wood to place under the tiger as the tiger seems to be floating. the I wrapped it to make it fit to the tiger then I used the spot healing tool to erase some of the meat on the side of the wood stump because I wna5t it to be equal proportions. the I created blood drops by painting it in and then I used the burn tool to dark what I was working on to make it appear more realistic. Then I cropped the whole image and got rid of spaces that I didn't need and this helped to increase the focus of the piece which is the dead tiger. after that I used selective colour and added more green yellow tones to give it a foresting feel and to enhance the colour of the tiger.
I added the last element of the my piece which is the chain saw machine that will contain the building inside the it. I removed the chain saw then I tried and experimented with the wind effect on my piece because I though it fits well as it might imply the wind coming out from the saw machine.
