2. Inspiration for my photo I wanted an image either close – up or long shot, so I experimented with many poses and chose the one I liked the most, the most professional.
3. Editing the image I cropped the image as the background was not very professional, I also used the clone tool to discard any impurities on the model’s face and cloned the brand name on his t-shirt. Lastly I blurred the image and rubbed out the important features such as the eyes, nose and lips. The crop tool I used. (magnatic lasso tool) The clone tool I used. (clone stamp tool) The rubber tool. (Eraser tool)
4. Editing I placed the cropped image on a plain white background and added the artist’s name ‘Merabet’ I used the font ‘Scriptina’ size 120 pt, regular. The text tool I used. (Type tool) I felt it did not look realistic so I tried contrasting the colour of the background. The paint tool I used. (paint bucket)
5. Editing I felt the black background worked better however there was a gold outline around the model from where the natural light fell so I then edited that out. I began to put my double page spread together, I added a blue shadow behind the article title, (the same shade blue as the model’s t-shirt). I also added the magazine name ‘LYRIX’ to both sides of the pages, this follows the conventions of the magazine. I followed the conventions of having a pull quote as I feel it attracts the audience and interests them in reading the article. The paint tool I used. (Paint bucket tool) Text tool (type tool)
6. Editing I did trial and error to get a professional look. I also used a brush tool to make the writing look as if it has splashed, like calligraphy. Text tool (type tool) The brush tool
