Martin Watts describes the process of creating a contents page for a project. He began with a photo that had blank space for page numbers and included graffiti to connect to the distorted front cover. Additional band member photos were overlapped and lowered in opacity. Titles and content listings were added in a bold font and given outer glows to stand out from the busy background, matching the style of the front cover.

1. Contents Page Progress Martin Watts

2. For my contents page I knew I needed lots of blank space, where I could write page numbers and information etc. I chose this spot because it has the blank space, but also in an interesting way, with the painted and graffiti’d wall, which I felt really reflected my font cover. Next off I duplicated the layer, turned one black and white, then erased through his face and the graffiti. I gave my model only a slightly coloured face to keep in link with the distorted pictures on my front cover. Keeping the graffiti also shows a clear connection to my front cover.

3. After editing the original photo, I then added 5 other photos, each with my band members in, and overlapped them on my page. I also lowered the opacity of them, to give them an almost glare out of focus effect. Afterwards I added 3 titles in a bold, different font. Next off I added the actual contents along with page numbers and short descriptions. These really needed to stand out from the busy background, and so I gave them an outer glow of white.

4. Finally I added the title. I used the same font as my front cover and also the same outer glow. I felt this made the two pages easily associated.