Erik J Fantastic Photography

Erik Johansson is a 21 year old commercial photographer and photo retoucher, from Sweden. He does his work in Photoshop and creates fantastic images from everyday scenes. He features himself in much of his work and blends his images flawlessly. Check him out online.

This image of "Ice Fishing" by Erik J. uses a beautiful monochromatic palette with a hit of hot pink on the sunset. The image tells its story through the chainsaw the "fisherman' carries and the cubes of fish on his sled.

Using Erik J's work as inspiration, this week you are to create an image for the Ontario Pork Congress. The image must feature a pig in some manner and must be complimentary to pigs and the pork industry. You may be fantastic, artistic and humorous. Keep track of where you take your pig image from so the original photographer can be given credit.

The watercolour painting above is done by Pat Weaver of Dade City, Florida. Another option for this task is to use your digital painting skills to transform a photo of a pig into a painterly image. Just be sure to credit your sources.