# Alien **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Projects\ **Tags:** featured\ **Created:** [February 2, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982 "2020-02-02T20:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/narkazo/32/646394_2.png) [@Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Narkazo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/1 "2020-02-02T20:05:02Z")
Attempt at combining photography and cgi. Very satisfying process. Choosing a place to shoot, imagining where the subject would be, focusing on the imaginary subject as if it was there, getting a glitchy 360 sphere with Google Street View app xd etc. Key thing learned from this is the importance of matching the colors and luminosity of the 360 sphere with your image/video. Masking out the out of focus leaves in the front was my biggest concern, but turned out not too bad I guess. ![FINAL3](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/7/2/5/725075540d36e24ef250d23fc6f15cef93223a1c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/2 "2020-02-04T06:34:24Z")
You’re on the #featured row! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/narkazo/32/646394_2.png) [@Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Narkazo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/3 "2020-02-04T09:51:27Z")
Appreciate it! ---
**Author:** ![homiegmomma](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@homiegmomma](https://blenderartists.org/u/homiegmomma)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/4 "2020-02-04T16:26:07Z")
Gorgeous and unique work ---
**Author:** ![Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/narkazo/32/646394_2.png) [@Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Narkazo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/5 "2020-02-04T18:24:13Z")
I’m happy you think that! ---
**Author:** ![flimabotelho](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/flimabotelho/32/663251_2.png) [@flimabotelho](https://blenderartists.org/u/flimabotelho)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/6 "2020-02-04T19:18:37Z")
Beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![troy\_s](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/troy_s/32/12436_2.png) [@troy\_s](https://blenderartists.org/u/troy_s)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/7 "2020-02-04T23:23:18Z")
> [@Narkazo](#): > > Key thing learned from this is the importance of matching the colors and luminosity of the 360 sphere with your image/video. You get this for free with the right sources. ---
**Author:** ![ArtAvenue](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/artavenue/32/1245496_2.png) [@ArtAvenue](https://blenderartists.org/u/ArtAvenue)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/8 "2020-02-05T02:37:07Z")
I. Freaking. Love it. 😆 I love sci-fi/fantasy looking characters like this. Great work, especially blending reality with CG. ---
**Author:** ![Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/narkazo/32/646394_2.png) [@Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Narkazo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/9 "2020-02-05T09:26:02Z")
Appreciate it! ---
**Author:** ![Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/narkazo/32/646394_2.png) [@Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Narkazo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/10 "2020-02-05T09:28:37Z")
I’m not sure what you mean? Get what exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/narkazo/32/646394_2.png) [@Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Narkazo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/11 "2020-02-05T09:31:00Z")
I’m super happy you like it, thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![Filip\_Ristevski](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/filip_ristevski/32/635759_2.png) [@Filip\_Ristevski](https://blenderartists.org/u/Filip_Ristevski)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/12 "2020-02-05T14:12:24Z")
AMAZING WORK, i love the idea of combining photography and cgi ---
**Author:** ![Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/narkazo/32/646394_2.png) [@Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Narkazo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/13 "2020-02-05T17:14:01Z")
Thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![troy\_s](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/troy_s/32/12436_2.png) [@troy\_s](https://blenderartists.org/u/troy_s)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/14 "2020-02-05T21:31:13Z")
> [@Narkazo](#): > > I’m not sure what you mean? Get what exactly? You get proper light transport from the photography for free if you start from the right place. It makes compositing CGI with photography a thousand times easier. ---
**Author:** ![Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/narkazo/32/646394_2.png) [@Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Narkazo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/15 "2020-02-05T23:11:36Z")
If I start what from the right place? Sorry I’m honestly not sure what you mean. I still have to manually correct the colors of the 360 sphere. ---
**Author:** ![troy\_s](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/troy_s/32/12436_2.png) [@troy\_s](https://blenderartists.org/u/troy_s)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/16 "2020-02-05T23:32:13Z")
> [@Narkazo](#): > > Sorry I’m honestly not sure what you mean. I still have to manually correct the colors of the 360 sphere. By “right place” I mean proper encoding from the camera. That is, one of two options: 1. Camera raw encoding. 2. Camera log encoding if supported. Either of those two work fine. You wouldn’t need to “correct” anything further beyond exposure. ---
**Author:** ![Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/narkazo/32/646394_2.png) [@Narkazo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Narkazo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/17 "2020-02-06T00:50:45Z")
Ah yes I understand what you mean, the thing is I did the photo sphere with my phone using google street view app, as stated in the original post. So I have to correct it in that case. I only have a 52mm full frame equvelent and no tripod, so it’s much more convenient to take automated 360 sphere with my phone for now. But thanks for the suggestion! ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/alien/1204982/18 "2020-02-07T21:31:13Z")
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend! > **[Best of Blender Artists: 2020, week 6](https://www.blendernation.com/2020/02/07/best-of-blender-artists-2020-week-5-2/)** > > Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I’m putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation.