Making the Final Piece

For my final piece I first due out all the separate pieces that would eventually make up the final piece this included the foreground images for the front cover and the double page spread as well as the background pattern for the double page spread. After this I then drew out all the images that would make up my front covers background ready to be cut out.

I cut out all of the shapes ready to be printed which would then be used as the background for my front cover. I cut and printed two sets so I could decide later when they were all on the computer which one looked best and suited the front cover better.

 

Once I put the prints into Photoshop I created and second identical layer to the print but changed the colour and opacity so it was different from the original print. I also off set the two layers and made the colour layer slightly bigger so you could see it as I didn't  want it to be lost completely behind the print. I then created a third layer of which included the image outline which I did using pen and ink earlier, I also offset the outline to give the image an unique look.

I then took these images into a new document that I had set up with the guidelines that would fit my images into. This will be the final layout for the background of the front cover.

To make my double page spread I put the drawings into Photoshop and coloured the background a very simple and calm green colour with the pattern line being a slightly darker green to the background. I then placed the foreground picture in and began to colour it, the colour I used worked well together and didn't fight for your attention. To finish the page I added the text into the speech bubble which will explain the concept of the book as well as placing the owl in the right area of the page and slightly off setting its colour.

Whilst creating my front cover I began to realise that the printed pattern I had originally chosen to be the background on the front cover was to busy and drew your attention away from the important part of the page - the title and foreground images. Instead this pattern I decided would be better as the pattern on my end pages. To solve this I decide to use the college technique I experimented with before which was not so busy and didn't steal your attention away.