Double Page spread and Cover - Hand-drawn elements

Elements assembled into one document for future use

Double Page spread - Sketch

Magazine Cover - Finished product

Magazine Cover - Sketches

Very rough

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MOCK: My Posters

MOCK: Poster WIP shots

 The first thing I did with the first three posters was the application of backgrounds, and the adding of text in the 'Matoran' font, which represents Glyphs in the BIONICLE films. The three posters each have a word in Matoran at their base - Unity, Duty and Destiny. These three words are the 'three virtues' expressed through the films.

 To create the mask, I simply gathered a PNG of the mask from the BIONICLE toy, and used a colour overlay to render it as a vector. I then used the Polygonal Lasso tool to trace the blade of the toy, and filled this in white. Both shapes were arranged onto the posters, and given a Gradient overlay.

 This text has had a Gradient Overlay and a transparency added to it so that it matches the aesthetic of the mask and the blade. I then created the vignette (right window) and applied this to the poster. The eyes are simple white shapes with a glow effect.

 For the second poster, I created a Vector of the Colosium by tracing an image from a BIONICLE video game, and then used another Gradient Overlay on it to add form.

 The same effects for the text as used in the first poster were used here. The technique of the eyes from that poster were also borrowed for the beam eminating from the building.

 I altered the tone and texture of the third image so that there is a progression of brightness through each poster.

 Here I created the vector of only Keetongu's yellow armour sections for the third poster.

 I used the same technique as on the beam to give Keetongu his eye.

 A comparison.

 The text has the same effect as the previous posters.

 Here I created a vector of another character, Norik.

 I also gave him a glowing eye.

After some reconsideration, I then centered the quotes on the third and second posters and removed the vector of Norik.

For my fourth poster I vectored the Kanohi Ignika in colours, with the help of a Colour Overlay

I then applied a vignette to the image, and removed some opacity on the Colour Overlay on the mask to give it more detail. The text has a simple Gradient Overlay applied to it. This Matoran text reads 'Mata Nui', who is the name of the character who wears the Kanohi Ignika.

MOCK: Film Poster research: Iconography

The films I have chosen for my three posters are the films in the BIONICLE Trilogy (BIONICLE: The Mask of Light, BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui and BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows.)

 

I thought about the various bits of iconography from each of the films, and jotted them down (along with doodles) so I could consider what to use on my poster. I have seen these films enough times to know exactly what these images are and mean, so I think my choices are correct.

I then went forth and collected images of the three icons I shall be using to help me to envision my idea, and consider other possible designs.

TRAILERS
BIONICLE: MoL - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHsR3kTwEZM
BIONCILE 2: LoMN - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwNQ2m80TPQ
BIONICLE 3: WoS - uk.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2178744601/

TUTORIAL WORK: Flaming Lips poster (Shapes, Overlays, Blending Modes)

Here I have duplicated a poster for The Flaming Lips (left) as a way to experiment with both Blending modes and Overlays in Photoshop. The various shapes atop the sliced woman's face use both a pattern overlay and a blending mode. The pattern used is that of a grungey piece of slab/wood, that gives a very slight grainy effect to the shapes. I have used it very subtly to almost give the effect of sponge printing. They also use a blending mode (a setting applied to a layer in photoshop to dictate how it will interact with the layers beneath it) named Linear Light to ensure a low opacity to the shapes that also alters the colour of shapes beneath them. There is also a large white square over the top of the image with a spotty patern overlay applied to add texture to the image. The shapes were made using both the Elipse Tool and the Polygonal Lasso tool.

I also produced these two pieces in my spare time to expriment further with these techniques.

On the clouds and background, I have used Gradient overlays to add shine and shape. The text has a combination of a Stroke overlay, a Gradient overlay, a Bevel overlay and a Pattern overlay to add detail and form to it. The Vignette at the edges has been achieved by covering the whole document in black and then erasing a whole in the center of this black rectangle with a soft brush, leaving blackened edges.

For this, the cloud and snowflake both have Bevel overlays to give them form and shape (like plastic toys), and also slight gradients to add a sense of lighting. The background is a single gradient, which is bright blue to white, providing a cool, icy feel that suits the image.