![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVAos62QPCVq9jSJSH1Py2NwScxSw5b93N28xk9DVoiP4/8.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmNZycnHbiKhD94S5q1rG5fH21xnEhSW1H5M8UmDgoxxGi/strip1.png) Hello everyone, this is my fourth week following #creative-sunday and on this occasion I want to share my collage work with simple and easy steps to try, after last week with Xerox effect this time with a Sci-Fi theme and our galaxy the Milky Way 🌌 ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmf2UqkYhBGkq29Din5AyfrFM5aH9wdhaaKogRqmjT3x8W/strip.png) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmaYHm5boEsruxXsEiSJJtUifKweviqdGeiVMZx1HY3RFU/pomwfont.png) While looking at photos in cyberspace for Creative Sunday inspiration, I found an old image about the Milky Way from the NYPL Digital Collection website and in an instant got the inspiration to make a digital collage about the arrival of aliens in ancient Egyptian times, it didn't take much material to make this collage - there were Sphinx, Pyramid, UFO and Alien 👽 I did this collage with Affinity Photo but the steps are not too complicated and can be applied to any software, then to create the GIF I used Photoscape. Document size 1249 x 1600 pixels with 72dpi, I got this collage material from various image sources with hopefully a safe for work license that I will include at the end of the post. Here is the Steps : ### Background ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmUhLSNh9UW6NqbC7SEfG1a4VfdyYmcT34q3P8w2Rc6BXR/1.gif) For the background, I used an old image titled Part of the Milky Way: From a study made during the years 1874, 1875 and 1876 and sized the document according to the background image, then cropped the edges and enlarged the image. --- ### Sphinx & Pyramid ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmV9Po9tV8Aa7bJsDsaSnuQkJ8rTNeyLPDpjbKAKPtuDxg/2.gif) Cut out the object as desired and then position it. --- ### UFO & Aliens ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmb3BhG4PxueMJwcA43vwC1vqtGPAYo7vkJvKbxPA71gFa/3.gif) then paste the UFO and alien, at the stage it is selection deliberately like that because later the layer mode will be changed, for smooth edges I Erase it by changing the brush size, opacity and flow settings. --- ### Blending Layer ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmSnyp3Mh6AVJYJTpLNRAxRKCkJp3W2RLt8L3BQqHiwtAi/4.gif) On the Aliens layer change the mode to "Screen" to blend with the background. --- ### Finishing Touch ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmaNjJnNqh3MYv3HngG8Ad9iNKGFCW7WcjnJX71GHHeiLo/5.gif) For the final stage merge all the "Flatten Image" layers then adjust the color to make it warmer. --- ### The Result ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVAos62QPCVq9jSJSH1Py2NwScxSw5b93N28xk9DVoiP4/8.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmf2UqkYhBGkq29Din5AyfrFM5aH9wdhaaKogRqmjT3x8W/strip.png) ### Noise ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdVsEFE3UmTyGPNY6vhFXFdqyrYrazFnHMaC3Szd29t6H/xerox.jpg) Here are the sources of all materials : Milky Way : https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-e81e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Pyramid : https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-61bf-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Sphinx : https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6141-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Photo by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič on Unsplash Photo by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič on Unsplash Photo by Haziq Mehboob on Unsplash ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmf2UqkYhBGkq29Din5AyfrFM5aH9wdhaaKogRqmjT3x8W/strip.png) Thank you for taking the time to stop by and read my post🕶 ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmf2UqkYhBGkq29Din5AyfrFM5aH9wdhaaKogRqmjT3x8W/strip.png) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmc7bChUePWAtKXDVrLogbnoDVxi8digPqxrSCf6ZLR4qt/ezgif.com_crop.gif)

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