2. I originally experimented with a few ideas and
colour combinations before I settled on my final,
current design. This first one (left) was too
colourful in my opinion and I wanted the darkness
of the background to stand out more. I had set the
layer combination mode to “lighten”, which I
decided I probably wasn’t going to use later as it
subtracts from the detail and natural colour of the
model.
This second idea (right) is the first attempt at my
current finished design. I chose to use more
purple/blue colours than pink and blue, as purple
and blue match the rest of the image more
suitably and effectively than soft pink and blue.
This time I had set the layer combination mode to
“Overlay” so the colours highlighted certain areas,
making it appear more along the “pop” genre
compared to the “romantic” feel the first idea had
(which I wanted to avoid).
3. This is a version of one of my
finished panels. I used two layer
combinations- one was “overlay”
and the other was “soft light”.
These layer combinations brought
out the colours of the shadows- I
wanted to use a blue and
pink/purple colour scheme to
convey the “boy/girl” sides to my
character and the way in which is
affects her. The blue/pink/purple
colour scheme is also reflected
and used in the music video itself.
4. Back panel
Again, I used an overlay and a colour dodge
layer combinations to achieve the blue and
purple coloured effect. I reduced the opacity
of these layers to reduce the harsh effect of
the colours, but since this is the “boy”
version, I tried to emphasise the blue more
than the pink/purple.
This is how harsh the image
looks without the reduced
opacity of the combination
layers. I felt that it didn’t
highlight the model’s
features and wasn’t very
effective to look at.
5. This was how many layers I used to
edit my digipak design. Layering
really helps me when making my
creative decision; I can move items
around to experiment with different
effects and positions to achieve the
look and the feel that I wanted.
6. To achieve this effect, I used
both an overlay and a soft light
layer to bring out the
brightness of the female
character on the inside. I
lowered the opacity of the
“boy” version so that the
normal brightness of the “girl”
stood out more- almost like a
ghost.
7. I had to experiment quite a bit to get the effect I wanted! I originally tried to
achieve a more 3-D effect, however, when I started trying out different layer
types, I realised that this worked well and still followed my theme of hiding.
Throughout the digipak and the posters, I used the same house style (font) and
record label logo so that it’s recognisable that all of it is connected and related
to one another! It’s also more pleasing for an audience when the font and style
is the same/recognisable across many designs.
