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Photography / Digital art

Your Shadow, My Horizon

Erik Johansson
2026Photographer and visual artist

A child stands in a huge circular shadow in a meadow. The contrast between the small figure and the black shape gives the image its tension.

Creator Disciplines

PhotographyPhoto manipulationRetouchingArt directionDigital art
A guide to exploring this craft

Learning guide

Ideas for practice

This breakdown is a Framely learning notes based on type of work and discipline. It does not claim to describe the exact steps followed on this project when the artist has not published them.

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01

Brief & references

Understand the function of the image, the history, the constraints then build a useful reference base rather than a simple aesthetic moodboard.

02

Exploration

Quickly test silhouettes, compositions, values, scale and ideas before investing time in detail.

03

Development

Choose a direction, resolve perspective, light, materials, design and readability while keeping the initial intention.

04

Polish & presentation

Finalize only important information and present the image with enough context for a team to use.

To practice this type of work

Tools & skills to explore

These are typical learning tracks for this discipline, not a statement about the exact software used for this project.

PhotoshopProcreateBlender / Maya3D paintoverCompositionValue designPerspectiveWorldbuildingVisual storytelling

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Getting into practice

Original source

Framely helps understand and navigate. Visuals, full credits and reference production information remain those published by the artist or official source.

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