I decided to make my new assignment about aliens. We all tend to have either seen, read, or heard things about out neighbors from outer space. In movies aliens are portrayed in a million different ways; some are robots, some are people, some are green, and some look like monsters. Not only do movies show aliens in many different sizes and forms, but every person has their own ideas about the aliens, and what they look like.
For my assignment I created, outerspacing it, I thought about creating a picture that envisions my idea of an alien. Everyone has their own vision for it, and I think people’s creativity will really shine through this. Apart from editing a picture to show what we think of an alien should look like, I want this assignment to also have a story about the origin of the photo and where the aliens come from.
This image was found in the outskirts of Area 51, in 1961. It is obvious that these are aliens acting like humans! We can clearly see that their forehead is rather large, while their face is thin and small. In the day light you would think they are just regular people with really big heads, but they are so much more than that. These aliens are almost like vampires, no they don’t suck your blood, but their true selves will shine through in camara. Vampires look like regular people, but will disappear in camera, while these aliens look normal in everyday life, but as soon as the flash from a camera hits their face THEIR THIRD EYE COMES OUT (DUN DUN DUN). According to file 2343, (that came attached to the picture) these aliens migrated from the planet Beebalon! They live 8900 million light years away and travel to earth to eat some delicious earthling foods. As far as the world is concern, these aliens seem to be harmless, but I would keep a look out for the third eye…
This assignment was a lot of fun and easy to do. It really gets you thinking about what aliens could look like, and it’s a way to see how other ds106ers view aliens as well! Below I will explain step by step on how to make your alien master piece. 
Step 1)
- Find or take a picture of you, or others.
Step 2)
- Upload your picture to fotoflexer
Step 3)
- Think about your vision, what you want to do and how you imagine the lovely fellows from outer space.
Step 4)
- Look around the tons of options on FotoFlexer.
Step 5)
- If you want a big-headed alien, you should go to “distort” option and click on “pinch,” a circle will show up and you can put it over the area that you want to make smaller
Step 6)
- Change the effect of your picture according to the time frame that you have chosen for your story.
Step 7)
- If you believe that aliens have 3 eyes go to “decorate,” click on “stickers” and find the eye image that best suits your alien.
Step 8)
- Save your picture to your computer, upload it to flickr, and start creating your story on your blog
P.S.)
- This assignment is meant to be fun!!! Enjoy your creativity and express your inner alien and your inner story-teller. You don’t necessarily have to follow the exact steps I had after Step 4. Use as many effects as you please and create the best alien in the whole entire universe!