[Verse 1: Gandhi] You want to battle wits? see who's a better pacifist I fought the caste system, but you still cannot touch this Slumdog skillionaire, first name Messiah Raps so hot I spit yoga fire Everything you preach, I said it first You should just jot down these words, plagiarize my whole verse Leave your thoughts on the door like the real Martin Luther I'm not thinking you shall overcome this Junior [Verse 2: Martin Luther King Jr.] I'm the King of civil rights from the city to suburbia No shoes, no shirt, but I'm still gonna serve ya Make you swallow your words so you can break the fast Then thank God almighty, you can eat at last I admire the way you broke the British power But I have a dream that one day you'll take a shower Like the H in your name, you ought to remain silent Flatten your style like bread, Naan-violence [Verse 3: Gandhi] You would know about bread, Dr.Birmingham sandwich Boycott those grits, sit in with some spinach With protests and women, the same advice goes Always stay away from the ho's

1. Production Reflection
Daniel Thompson

2. Process: App Logo
To create my app logo, I simply needed to
use the shape tool and text tool. The first
step was to use the fill tool to change the
background colour. I chose this colour to
accompany and contrast with specific
colours. I then proceeded to use the
custom shape tool to create the waves. To
begin with, the shapes were all plain
white but I used the fill tool to change
each line to my desired colour. The last
step of my app logo production was the
letters over the top. I simply used the text
tool to place the letters down. The 3d
effect given to the letters was not
achieved by using layer effects but instead
by simply creating a new text layer with
the same letter in a darker colour.

3. Process: App Store Screenshot
This first screenshot is the product
that inspired my own design and
idea. I tried to keep my design as
close as possible to make it look as if
I had found my app in a store and
took a screenshot of it.

4. Process: App Store Screenshot
This is the first progress screenshot of my design.
The first step in creating this design was the ui of
the ‘phone’. This was copied along with the rest of
the screen. I simply created two rectangle shapes
with the shape tool and manipulated them to take
their place. The same tool and methods were used
to create the image slots on the page and the ui
buttons at the bottom of the page. The only
difference here being the changing of the colour to
white as the real ui would be. I also used the same
shape tool to create the buttons used for installing
the app and showing more information. The main
difference in these shapes is that with the ‘more
information’ button has no colour. I took away the
colour fill and gave it a thicker border.

5. Process: App Store Screenshot
The next step in the process of creating my app
store screenshot was to add in the images to
their specified spaces. This was simply done by
opening the images in a separate document,
dragging them over to this current document and
resizing them to fitting the black boxes. I also
added the correct text, sizes and colours next to
the app picture in accordance to the original
screenshot’s placement. The last detail made at
this stage was the ui. At the top, I added the
correct symbols that a typical android phone
would show and changed the colour of the top
bar. The ui buttons on the bottom of the
screenshot looked too basic and so I added the
same shapes over the original white ones in a
black colour to make the buttons looks as if they
would on a phone. To finish off the design, I
finally added in the rest of the screenshots to the
page.

6. Process: Random Pieces
During my magazine cover production, I
got distracted creating a Spyro themed
backdrop using the gradient and blur
tools. The logo's flame effect was created
by taking an image of flames from google,
placing it behind the logo in the position I
wanted it and then using the eraser tool
to get rid of the bits that did not coincide
with the logo's shape. The same process
was used for the text beneath the logo
except the text was created with the
downloadable 'Spyro 2' font available on
DaFont.com. It ended up becoming a
poster for the new remaster and I quickly
recognized that I could use this piece of
work in my project.

7. Process: Magazine Cover Background
This work was the next step in creating my
magazine cover's background. The scenery
in the area was taken from an unofficial
fan-made Spyro game. It originally had
Spyro himself in the centre of the screen
running towards the portal seen to the
right but seen as I needed a blank
landscape, I needed to edit the picture. To
get rid of Spyro, I simply used the clone
stamping tool which allowed me to
essentially copy and paste the grass
texture over the top of him to conceal him
from view. The sky was also to be taken
away so I used the quick selection tool to
highlight it all and then deleted it. I then
decided to drag in my sky from the Spyro
poster I had created earlier. This gave the
whole scene a completely different feel
and looked rather natural in my opinion.
This was to be the basis of my magazine
cover.

8. Process: Magazine Cover
At this point in my cover's development, I had not
created the pieces of work in the past couple
slides which explains the lack of orange. I
experimented with a couple of different colour
schemes throughout this work's development –
this was the first choice. To get the vignette effect
on my product, I created a large black rectangle
which spanned the whole page using the shape
tool and changed its opacity to 50% - I then
equipped the eraser tool and erased the
centre of the shape, leaving a faded black effect
around the border of the page. Spyro was gained
by finding a good quality image on google images
and cutting him out of it using the quick selection
tool and then adding effects such as drop
shadows and bevel and eboss to add a sense of
depth and 3d to the image. The font at the top of
the cover was created by simply using the drop
shadow and bevel and emboss tools and also
creating a copy layer of the text and placing
separate effects onto it. This created the retro
neon light effect. I also placed some blank
squares down at the bottom of the
cover to clearly show where the
desired images were to be placed.

9. Process: Magazine Cover
In this point of production, I began to experiment with
layering. I decided to make the image of Spyro the
main attraction and so placed his layer above the rest
to create both a sense of 3d and importance. I also
began to add in the groundwork for more content in
the form of cover lines. I did this by creating an oval
with the shape tool and decreasing its opacity. I also
found a suitable image to accompany my cover line
and cut the character out of it to be used in the cover.
I then merged the character and the oval's layers
together and added a tight outer glow. I got this idea
from another Spyro fronted magazine which based
itself off of hints, tips and cheats in games. It itself
had a retro feel to it and used a lot of outer glow
effects and simple features all around such as
layering, basic shapes, easy to read, bold text and
many more effects. I also began to create the space
for my main cover line and added the relevant fonts
to it to see how it would look with different effects. I
tried to make the font look as similar to the original
game as possible.

10. Process: Magazine Cover
To begin with in this stage of my production, I started
to add in the text content to see how it would look. I
found the colour I would like to use in the final
product but I found it hard to make it mix well with
the colour scheme. I also found a relevant crash
bandicoot font to use for the cover line. It was also
around this time that I created the alternate version
of the Spyro and decided to use it in my final design. I
also created the final background image to replace
the blank purple background you can see on the
right. Finally, I wanted to change the overall vibe
given from the colours, layout and presentation of
features on the cover. At this point I feel that it
seemed to appeal to a more younger audience. My
goal in comparison was to appeal to a more mature
audience and therefore I decided to use a different
colour scheme as you will see in the next slide.

11. Process: Magazine Cover
This screenshot is of the final stage of my magazine
cover's production. I finally brought my background
into the cover by opening the file in a separate
document and then dragging it over to the magazine's
document. I then used layering to position the image
below everything. I also adjusted the size of the text
on the main cover line to emphasize the most
important key words (such as 'new' and 'revealed'). To
further emphasize the important words I also changed
the colour of them to a colour not featured in the
scheme as this will make them stick out. One of the
biggest changes made to my design at this stage is the
bottom section. I decided to get rid of the images in
favour of just the logos cut out of original pictures on
google images. I feel that changing this helped my
cover become more recognizable and relatable as
there would be more logos and titles that the reader
could recognize instead of just looking at images and
wondering what they are from. The sticker was
created using a sticker template found online on
google images. I simply dragged the image of the
sticker into the product, used the text tool to type out
the content I wanted and then placed it
where I wanted it. To create the illusion that
the text was actually on the sticker and not
over the top of it, I had to use the eraser tool
to rub out the specific parts of the text which
lingered over the peeled section of the
sticker.

12. Process: Double Page Spread