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I got some tips on creating a hoax city of yours. Not just some good experimentation is needed here, but also the strategic way of developing your "weird city", and of course, patience.


This photo was taken somewhere in the road of Davao City 2 years ago. This road has taken a lot of interest from me, aside from it's rare angle, I also considered how it was put up and the way it was, natural.

This is the original photo, before it was being manipulated, it is dull and the level of contrast is somehow untied.

After collecting additional photos: A Globe, a building from another photo, and a signage from Google search, I've come up with this:

Here are some tips in making this some sort of trash (LOL):

1.) Patience - of course.

2.) Compatibility - select photos which contain good angles, and compatible angles with other photos.
3.) Be guided with Levels (ctrl + L) and Curves (ctrl + M) - you don't want to make your output look dry, aren't you?

4.) Filters, Filters, Filters - involve the Filter menu in whatever you manipulate. I used Radial Blur in that photo to make it look dashing or in-motion.

5.) Burn with the Burn Tool (O) - levels and curves are not enough to create desired shadows or highlights, that's why we use burn tool to darken certain parts of the photo, and dodge tool to lighten it.

6.) Gradient Overlays - to create a certain tone of photo, use gradient overlay to transform highly saturated photos into low saturated photos or vice versa. With this, you could also set some standard tuning of colors

7.) Experiment, Explore - well, that explains a lot. Just buzz me if you got anything new.