Photoshop

Weeks 5 &6

A Poster for a Band that doesn't Exist

The random name picking really did me dirty. My band is called "Maid Marionette" so here's what I did with that:

Poster 1

So for poster number one I went for a kind of folky theme, the kind of folk duo that is used to performing to an empty room probably. I'm picturing this poster to have spent time on an old pub window to then be neatly folded up and stored by the landlady because you never know what you might need in the future. So I started with a painting by George Lambert (creatively) called "The Maid" because for my first poster I just wanted to make something that is fairly reasonable. I picked out a paper texture first even though it was the last thing I actually added because I needed the dimensions to be right. So I then had to find a font that suited the old-timey-folky vibe and I ended up downloading this font called "kind of rock". I didn't add much text because again, I wasn't going for anything hugely ambitious. Once that was all together I did the halftone print effect (after watching Dwayne's tutorial a few times) and finally I added in the paper texture. 
So, yes it is a bit boring but I'm pretty certain the point of this is ~more~ about the photoshop skills.

Poster 2

Clearly this one is a bit different. I decided to go to the complete other end of the spectrum, this flyer spent some time in a young mans pocket. He didn't even go to the show - its not his kind of thing, he just felt a certain way about the pretty lady. Not that it matters but maybe something kind of techno-rock-indie-house vibe; because that's definitely a genre. I like this poster a lot more than the first one, its a lot more fun and definitely looks like it has more purpose. It was more fun to make too because I had gotten some confidence from the first one and I just played around and tried things out until I liked it. I knew I wanted to do pink and dots but that's all I went into this with. If this poster ever did exist, it would be one of them small flyers that you can pick up at uni or in venues and it would be on that REALLY glossy paper. 

Random Practice

since this project is more about photoshop skills than it is about band posters, i figured id stray from that just to practice some other skills. so this is a line drawing i did during lockdown of one of my nicest looking but most uncomfortable shoes. i scanned the drawing in along with two textures, one of a courdoroy jacket and the other of a very squishy, velvety plush toy and just tried stuff out until i got this pretty decent image. below is the three original components that made this piece. 

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