Out of the two choices of the “to do” assignments – I chose the book cover recreating the aesthetic of Spacesick .
My first thought was the Dance of the Dead episode and having multiple skeletons, a sample was too close to that content and swaying me in replicating instead of creating.
While the look and feel is replicated – the process did require using design components to create. Space, form, size, color, place, text.
I used PhotoShop as my tool.
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Paper size canvas – black
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Brush – Sponge edges highlight then go back in with background color to soften and break up
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add Gaussian Blur – minimal
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Use Blur tool – large and draw dark into light colors
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Add rectangles for heading – fill with color
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Find camera icon and copy paste into file – Use SKEW to lengthen lens part
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Add Text Fields with Helvetica fonts Bold and Regular
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Find copyright free, free icons of hammer and anvil
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Open in new file and use color replacement tool to add color to each
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Scale
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Rotate
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Copy and paste into new layer in first file – place
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Duplicate hammer layer to make multiples to set in pattern
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change opacity for each layer going back
- cut out shadow of hammer – SKEW, Rotate, Scale,
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Add Title and tag line
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Futz around
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Export as jpeg
- I am also going to import to my iPad and use some photo apps to add some noise to the finished product to see what that does to age or make it look used. If they turn out – I will add them to this post.
Updated:
I used an app called Snapseed. Adds effects. The part I don’t like is the randomness and just flipping from one effect to another. There really isn’t a way for you to create or control it – or get back to one you may have liked. It is take it when you see it. It does easily add some aging. I used the Grunge filter.
