To start with I chose which picture I would use for my front cover, I chose a face shot of my model so that the picture would be up close and eye grabbing, and therefore appropriate for my front page.
This was my original image.>>>
I decided to dress my model in dark colours to contrast with her blonde hair and fair skin and to tie in with the black font and design features I was planning to use on my front page. I put her in a top hat because she is a member of new upcoming band that is regarded as cool but with a bit of a different twist, I decided not to dress her in typical indie or rock chick clothes. I decided to go for the cool, quite fashionable clothes teamed with the big earrings and top hat gave just the right look I was going for.
Once I had decided on the right picture I opened it up using Photoshop and using the polygon lasso tool, I cut my model out from her background because it wasn’t on a good background. I had to be particularly careful around her hoop earrings, as I had not previously thought during the shoot how hard they would be to cut out. Once I was happy with how the picture looked cut out, I blurred and softened some edges around my model’s earrings and hair so that the edges didn’t look harsh and jagged, or unprofessional (You can see the picture up to this stage next to the original picture above). I then zoomed in on the skin to erase any imperfections using the spot healing tool and brightened and darker parts of the skin with the smudging tool.
Before deciding where exactly to place my picture on the page and deciding whether it needed cropping much or not, I decided to make my title to help me have a better idea where these two major parts of my front page should go.
Once I had decided on the right picture I opened it up using Photoshop and using the polygon lasso tool, I cut my model out from her background because it wasn’t on a good background. I had to be particularly careful around her hoop earrings, as I had not previously thought during the shoot how hard they would be to cut out. Once I was happy with how the picture looked cut out, I blurred and softened some edges around my model’s earrings and hair so that the edges didn’t look harsh and jagged, or unprofessional (You can see the picture up to this stage next to the original picture above). I then zoomed in on the skin to erase any imperfections using the spot healing tool and brightened and darker parts of the skin with the smudging tool.
Before deciding where exactly to place my picture on the page and deciding whether it needed cropping much or not, I decided to make my title to help me have a better idea where these two major parts of my front page should go.