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Desert Hunter

A cosplay helmet on a living-room sofa, recast as a cinematic poster.

Deliverable
Fantasy poster
Techniques
Photo compositing, Poster design, Color grading
Format
Before / after
The helmet half-sunk in wind-carved sand at sunset, with a line of silhouetted figures on the horizon.
A battered helmet resting on a brown sofa in a dim living room.

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The brief

The starting point was a snapshot of a hand-built cosplay helmet resting on a sofa: a great prop in the wrong world. The goal was a poster that makes it feel like a still from a film.

The craft

The helmet was cut out and set into wind-carved dunes, with its contact with the sand rebuilt so it sits in the scene rather than on top of it. Light was moved to a low, warm sun to match the new sky, and a line of silhouetted figures was added on the horizon for scale and story. A final grade ties helmet, sand and sky into one palette.

The result

Same helmet, entirely different stakes — a poster built from a single living-room snapshot.

A battered helmet resting on a brown sofa in a dim living room.
A Before
The helmet half-sunk in wind-carved sand at sunset, with a line of silhouetted figures on the horizon.
B After