a new effect i found interesting was the reflection effect, and having its surrounding background blurred using the gaussian blur tool, also adjusting colour modes and making the images darker and lighter is quite effective. The background thats going to be used would be a new york city scene background or a wind turbine background, or a simple background with just one solid colour. If the NY scene is chosen (most likely) the image of simon would be in either a neon colour or black and white, so it will stand out against the colourful newyork city. The fonts i thought suited simon were retro font, a designery frilly font, a bold neon font and a splatter font. they all used bright colours which represents simons design style well since he's into bright bold colours. Simons favourite colours are black/red, so that would most probably be incorporated in the text, and title, since if the new york scene were those colours it would look rather dull and boring...which is not simon's style at all.

Text and font stuff

using photoshop tutorials from this site http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-great-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials-part-ii/ we got to learn how to make different types of text for our titles on our design dossier, i chose the spray paint text for simon, but i might change it depending on if he likes it or not

19th february

We learnt how to do all kinds of effects on photoshop using tutorials from the internet, like a smoke effect and a ocean ripple effect.
I learnt how to soften harsh lines, and blend an image to the background, this is done by increasing the pixels on the feather thing, then using a lasso tool and selecting around the image, inverse select, then gaussian blur. you must inverse selct otherwise the actual image will blur and not the background

A design Dossier must be created for my (amazing) client, Simon Gennard. He enjoys Indie music and Indie film. He aspires to be a film director and likes bright, vibrant colours, and his cardigan and waistcoat. his design style includes things to do with bright colours and things with hidden meaning.

The design dossier must include

• A write up about Simon in relation to digital design taken from an interview


• A photo which has been amended to suit the subject
  
• Interesting page layout

The page must:

• Reflect the designer's inspiration and interests.
• Be made using Photoshop and InDesign (Word and other software may also be used where appropriate)
• Be either 1 or 2 A4 pages (i.e. magazine spread)
  
• Reflect the designer's inspiration and interests


• Be made using Photoshop