What were you trying to accomplish?
I was trying to make magazine cover art that followed fairly specific color schemes. I wanted the first cover to be nearly monochromatic blue, and I figured that the second design would have a more low key color scheme. Aside from colors I also used photographs mostly in place of vector art.
What technical skills did you use?
Firstly, I began the elements of my designs in Photoshop. I made specific selections in the photos and then used the posterize image adjustment on each selection respectively. In addition to posterizing the photo selections I also adjusted their color balance. I then brought them into Illustrator and applied effects such as outer glows (to emulate rain hitting an object) and drop shadows to add some depth. For both design I also incorporated roughen on some shapes.
How do you feel you did on the project?
I think I did well on both designs. I am very happy with the way they turned out, and that I didn't entirely rely on solid fills the whole way through both designs. I feel I was able to make an effective composition on both covers.
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