I played around with photoshop to get the hang of it and used The Kabeedies as an example. The purpose of this exercise was to test and expand my knowledge on using Photoshop as I will need these skills for when I create my own print productions. I used many of the software's tools to create these examples. One tool which was extremely important in creating these album cover was the lasoo. This tool was used to create a line around the images so that I could transfer them onto a new layer. For example, in the example below, I had to lasoo around the band's head and shoulders to transfer them to the cream coloured background. Another tool I used to complete both of these album covers is the text tool. This allows me to create different texts. In this case 'The Kabeedies Truth' was the only text I used. However, the second example's text is much different as the 'truth' appears much bigger and the red colour is faded out into the background. This text tool is extremely important as it identifies the band on the album cover which lets the audience know who the artist is. These are both my results.
Example 1:
Example 2:
I much prefer this second example to the first one as it has much more going on. The background effect of the scrunched up paper is very appealing and gives the band a more 'grunge' feel. The lettering over the photographs of the band is a lot more striking and is fairly mysterious. By having this mysterious and striking feel to the album cover this will immediately attract an audience.
Well done for uploading these examples. You need to add the purpose of the exercise and explain how it helped you prepare for manipulating your own print productions. This is important. Add captions and explain some of the tools you used on photo shop.
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