My Fake Band - Poster (Mood Board)

This is the 'Mood Board' I done for inspiration for the poster for 'My Fake Band'. I have gathered images of previous band posters I liked and would influence me for ideas for my own band poster.

My Fake Band - CD Cover (Front And Back Cover Final Images)

My Fake Band - CD Cover (Back Cover Step By Step)

Step One:

 

Firstly I needed to open up a new blank document. I do so by going 'File', then 'New...' and then changed the name of the new blank document and also the size to 300mm by 300mm - the same as the front cover - then clicked 'OK' and my document was then ready.

Step Two:

Next I needed to add my image which I done by copying and pasting the image onto the document.

Step Three:

Then I needed to adjust the size of the image as it was too small after being copied and pasted. I did this by going 'Edit' and then 'Free Transform' and stretching the image to the size of the document - but avoiding distorting the image too much.

Step Four:

I then decided I wanted to change the colouring. Which I done by going 'Image', then 'Adjustments' and then 'Invert. This basically flipped the colours over - i.e. black became white.

Step Five:

 

I felt that, after inverting the colours, the image was a little too bright and I wanted to tone it down a little. So to do this I when 'Image', then 'Adjustments' and then 'Shadows/highlights...' where a menu appears letting me adjust the shadowing and highlights in the image. Once adjusted to how I wanted it I selected 'OK' to change the image.

Step Six:

 

I then decided to change the colour of certain parts of the image. I done this by selecting the 'Eyedropper' tool and going to the front cover and selecting the blue used on that image, then I used the 'Colour Replacement' tool - and adjusted the size of the tool depending on what part I was doing at that point in time - to place the blue on to the parts I wanted.

Step Seven:

 

 

Once I was happy with the image I then added text. Which I, as well as the front cover, got from a website called 'Dafont.com' in a section called 'Fancy' under 'Old School' called 'Night Stalker'. I print screened the text onto a separate document, cropped it, and copied and pasted it onto my image. Then I adjusted the size by using the 'Free Transform' option. Once happy with the size I then needed to erase the white background of the text; I done this by using the 'Background Eraser' tool and carefully erasing the white trying not to remove the black text also.

Step Eight:

I done the same process to the other number texts, but for the title texts I didn't use the 'Background Eraser' tool - but everything before was the same process. I chose not to erase the background of the title text because I felt it blended into the background too much without a white text background.

Step Nine:

 

Looking at my work at this point I felt that the number texts didn't stand out as well as wanted. So I decided to add a glow - of the same blue as used throughout - which I done by going 'Image', then 'Adjustments' and then 'Colour Balance...' and adjusted the colour levels until it matched the blue i required. I done this to all of the number texts.

Step Ten:

 

 

Finally I needed to add a barcode and a record company they would be signed to - I chose 'Hungry Audio' who is an independent recording company because it reflects the bibliography. I got my images from 'Google Images' and copied and pasted them onto my image, then I used the 'Free Transform' option on them to adjust them to the size I wanted, and then I placed them where I wanted. After I was happy with my results I saved the image as a JPEG file and maximised the quality for the best look.

My Fake Band - CD Cover (Front Cover Step By Step)

Step one:

Firstly on Photoshop I needed to open up a new blank document. I done this by going on 'File', then 'New...' and then giving my new blank document a name and changed the height and width to 300mm. Once done I clicked 'OK' and my blank document was ready.

Step Two:

Then I copied and pasted the image I wanted onto this blank document.

Step Three:

After I placed the imaged I wanted onto the blank document I needed to adjust the size. I done this by going 'Edit', then 'Free Transform' and I then stretched the image to the size of the blank document without distorting it.

Step Four:

Once the image was stretched across the blank document I wasn't able to make it the complete size of the blank document as doing so would have distorted the image too much. So to fill in the blank space I used the 'Rectangle' tool and placed it across the blank space, then I used the 'Paint Bucket' tool and filled the blank space in black.

Step Five:

 

Now I wanted to adjust the colour of some of the image. I did this by going 'Image', then 'Adjustments' and then 'Hue/Saturation...' where I then adjusted the different levels until I got the colour I wanted.

Step Six:

 

Also I wanted to adjust the brightness of the image. I done this by going 'Image', then 'Adjustments' and then 'Brightness/Contrast...' where then I adjusted the two levels until I got the look I was after.

Step Seven:

 



Some parts of my image I wanted to make brighter and stand out more. So to do this I used the 'Dodge' tool, then I adjusted the Diameter and Harshness, and simple went over the parts I wanted to change.

Step Eight:

I then wanted to flip my image. I did this by going 'Image', then 'Image rotation' and then 'Flip Horizontal'.

Step Nine:

Now it was time to add some text. I done this by finding a font I liked which I done so off a web site called 'Dafont.com' and the font was under a category called 'Fancy', then 'Old School' and then the font was labelled 'Night Stalker'. Once I had the font and wording I wanted I print screened it and copied and pasted it onto my image, then I used 'Free Transform' to adjust the size to the size I wanted.

Step Ten:

I then wanted to change the white text background black and then black text white. I done so by going 'Image', then 'Adjustments' and then 'Invert' which flipped the colours around.

Step Eleven:

After inverting my text I noticed that the two blacks - the image black and the text black - were slightly off colour. I fixed this by using the 'Eyedropper' tool and selected the image black, and then used the 'Paint Bucket' tool and placed the image black onto the text back resulting in the two blacks matching.

Step Twelve:

Finally I added some more text - using the same process as the previous text - and then I was satisfied with my final results. So I saved my image as a JPEG, so I was able to upload the image as a photo, and then if changed the quality to 12 (maximum) for the best look.