Digipak Drums

After completing the drum panel with the original idea, i found that the picture doesn't really look edited and therefore my marks will be sacrificed. Instead i thought of another creative approach to the same theme i had about having two layers with a shape in the middle to add depth to the image. I decided to start with the image of the drums as it was one of the  better images and if the theme didn't fit the drum then i could change themes easier than if i had edited a panel with Josh and Pete. I started of with the original image of the drums and instantly thought that the original image is too light and vibrant for my ideal image. I changed the brightness, Exposure, Vibrance, Hue/Saturation and colour balance. These all come under "image" on the top bar, making them very easy to access. These allow you to edit the colour of the whole image. I had also learned from my friend how to make an image go inside a shape. This was initially very hard and confusing to get my head round but after a few attempts it became easier. This editing technique saved me huge amounts of time on all 6 panels. I edited the first layer ( The layer where the circle was present ) and made the drums more golden and dark, my desired idea. It gave a crisp and rich feel to the picture which wasn't there when i took the picture. I really liked the layer and was proud with it. I then Imported a cirle from Google and dragged it over the part of the first layer that i wanted to have inside of the circle. I then right clicked on the circle layer and pressed " create clipping mask." This then cuts the Image down into the size of the circle. Then all you have to do is drag the original image across from files and you get the theme i wanted from the start. I decided to apply the black and white affect but i knew it would be too simple and to be honest, i didn't like it that much. I wanted to keep the "indie" feel about the project and so i thought about appropriate colours other than black and whit

e. The first colour was a light pink but this didn't look the part, the pink didn't compliment the circle aspect very well, the pink was also extremely faded and washed. I decided to look around on Google to see what colours work throughout the indie rock and i didn't see many blues. So i decided to see if a darkish blue worked, created in the same way as the first layer through colour balance and what have you, and i ended up with his. I was very pleased with the overall look. I asked for audience feedback and on the whole they thought the blue theme worked very well, but they did want me to add more textures to deepen the textures of the picture. The circle aspect had one unexpected positive in my opinion. As it was technically a different picture, if i located that layer at the top and then added more effects to the blue layer. The edit would not enter the circle, creating an effect that looks better that what it actually is. I then added 2 more images from Google into the image, these were added to introduce more textures. I added a frosty texture which lightened the overall image and also gave a somewhat gritty and papery effect, i then decided to add a smudge effect, I'd then filter that to a light cyan colour so the light and dark blue would compliment each other. However it was too visible so i later reduced the fill and opacity to incorporate it subtly.