STUDIO_PRACTICE: Person of note - poster development

Drawn from photos. Three images from different ages of Leonard's life of Spock.

Through out this course I learnt about changing levels on a image in Photoshop

Iv learnt now that it's a must in my practise. It removes textures from the paper and can flatten the image witch makes it look at a more professional level.

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Creating a galaxy on A2 cartridge paper

I used brusho as a base colour and removed parts of it with tea towels. Removing the top layer of brusho that hasn't reacted to the water yet gives of exposes the reaction under it. In other places I let it react for a longer time.

To give it depth and to make it look star busty I used water colour pencils to high light some of the edges of the reaction to make it look lighter and more of a buil up of dust. Then white gauche for the stars to make it really Pop. It doesn't do it justice on the camera.

I then scanned my galaxy back drop and my Spock drawings into the computer, I decided to use photoshop to create my poster because I have some little level of knowledge on that one.

Using photo shop to college the back drop and the drawings I felt the spocks looked too still they sit there refusing to come to life. I used different levels of opacity as I would shades of pencil to bring them to life. the different levels of white works well I think. The drawings are not sat there flat they appear to be lifted of the page, rounder and have more life and charcter. This was a huge importance to me, the main thing was to get the character to be recogniseble and to bring his personality across to.

Experimenting with competition. Some areas of the back drop is darker than others when a drawing was later over them areas the drawing would go flat and still like. E.g (above..top spock..left cheek)

Aranging all three to avoid them dark places and to fit the expression of each face

Notice middle age Spock looks flat and dark! Hate it.

I find it hard to image what things look like of screen so I print images of to make notes on to, so I can refute to them as I work.

Notes such as arrangement of objects so there is even boards to the frame of

my poster. And Test txt. I wasn't going to have txt however after testing it on a print I thought it made it look more like a fan boy poster, made it look more pleasing to look at.

Using my notes on the printed poster to arrange the faces evenly. I'm a lot happier with my photo shop skills iv learnt more basics that help my practice. I feel that my work is been pushed to a next level a level that looks a little bit more pro... Exciting