About the Image(s)

Here is �Reception Committee�. This one started with motion blur experiments, including an attack on a nightscape of a tiny harbor (Orig. 1). The background consists of three layers of the image: two layers with vertical motion blur upon each other in Color Dodge blend mode (that for some reason seemed to infensify the reds and yellows?) On top of them is a layer with horizontal motion blur, erased partially to reveal the vertical streaks, that forms a line for the horizon. At this point, it started to look like something extraterrestrial was trying to approach from the sea, so I added a beacon (Orig. 2) and a pair of Aliens (Orig.3) to meet them . The beacon was converted to B&W with a bluish tint. I shaped the Aliens with the Affinity Liquify tools and treated them with both Inner and Outer Glow. The rocky shore was constructed by cloning bits from the base of the antenna, and finished with a texture brush, but I think that it looks quite clumsy. - I tried to bind everything together with an Average Blur layer and by adding shadows. I tried to give the Aliens a halo, or a pool of light to stand in, but could not make that work, and I am afraid that their coloring is not quite right, either. I am again very much looking forward to all your ideas.