Concert Poster

First I collected pictures that I wanted to experiment with, then I decided how I wanted to present the artist. I have used a spiral picture created by light for my background; I simply found this on Google, using the key word ‘light’. Next I researched Avril’s photo shoot gallery to find the right picture that would suit my design to layer on, the shot I chose she is wearing heavy black make up, this helps with my effect that I will be using later on because her eyes will stand out more than anything else.

I cropped around her face and body then cut it out, placing it on my spiral background, then I went across to the effect’s. I chose the ‘Darken’ effect on Avril’s face and I increased the contrast to make sure the depth was enough and that her eyes were visible through the effect. The ‘darken’ effect actually burns out half of the picture with the darkest points focused more, making her distinctive eye make-up pop through the multi-colours in the background.

I chose to add Avril’s Record Label logos to show which records she has a contract with but also to fill up the dark, empty spaces that I have not edited or filled with any photos

Next, I had to choose my font and what I would be writing. So I decided to make a short example of places her tour locations could be i.e. O2 Arena / Manchester Arena. I had to be careful with the colours I picked because the font would disappear into the background and blend too much if I chose the wrong tone, so I decided to have two colours in the text box. The other title that I had to include was her name and also the name of the concert. I simply went from the title of my music video ‘ Wonderland’ and played around with words and in conclusion I created ‘Up In Wonderland.'

Step 1

step 2

Place the picture onto the background and use the darken tool to create a transparent effect as well as a sharpening effect, boldening the outline of her eyes

step 3

Through selecting a font, I chose, Engrave MT, position the lettering over the colours so that it stands out. Being aware of that it may blend in and that the viewer may not be able to see it.

step 4

Next, I added on my list of arena's, real examples that the artist will go to. I selected two different colours to help the picture separate slightly, so that the colours were diverse but away from each other not clashing. The white stood out more than the black and the red blended in too much with the spiral background. 

I included her record label logos to show the viewer who she is signed to and too also, fill in the dark corners which are now visible with bright colours.

step 5

The last thing I had to include was the title or even concert name, which I created the name, 'Up In Wonderland', this name relates to my music video ' Alice In Wonderland.' White font was the best to have upon the clashes of colours and it stood out more than the red, but even, I didn't like the red tones because it didn't match the  background and it looked too similar to her lips.