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1. Production Reflection
Harry-Allinson

2. Process
At the start of the production I began to set the base for the product by adding the symbolic colours of reggae so that it
had blended in within the genre. After that I added a textural overall to make it more geometric by selecting the darken
blending mode on Photoshop because that’s the best way to add an overlay that looks professional. This didn’t take much
time, but I had to make the opacity as perfect as perfect as possible so that it didn’t look too grunge and/or dark because I
didn’t want the tone of the magazine to not feel like Reggae. After that I proceeded to add skin tone to the artist with the
pen tool and a blending mode over the subjects skin because this method made for the most realistic and efficient skin
tone.
After that I tried to make it less like a poster and more like a magazine so I added text, starting with the title which I added
a darken blending mode so that you can see the colours through the text because you could see through which I thought
was eye catching and because it made the magazine look more stylistic . I also added ganja leaves using the clipping mask,
over the text, so that the ganja leaves go inside the text and added a blending mode overlay as well because it added to
the Reggae, Jamaica and Rastafari vibe which I am trying to display in this magazine cover.
Then I looked at other magazines for inspiration on google because google is a reliable search engine and I was in need of
some ideas and decided to use a clipping mask on the layer with the texts with English cities on, on the right of the
magazine where I used the Jamaican flag overlay because that was where Reggae was originated and because the overlay
look good over the text. At the bottom I used the UK flag at the bottom in the centre of the text because there is a lot of
influence of Jamaican music and culture within the UK, especially in England so, therefore I thought it was an appropriate
touch for the magazine and also either side of the UK flag I used the Rastafarian flag, which is frequently associated with
Reggae which started in Jamaica.
The last text and image that I added was the bar code to make it look more professional and the text “Ali Marley
Interview”, so it looks more magazine-esk. Finally I added colour correction to the product so that the colours were more
complementary and aesthetic.

3. Process
The first two thing that were on my mind going into this was what my audience wanted which was a small/medium image on the
T-Shirt and what colour I was going to use. I decide I was going to used a white shirt so that it won’t absorb heat like a black shirt
would and also I had more potential if I used a white shirt oppose to a red, orange or yellow shirt because then it wouldn’t be
complimentary to the Rastafarian colours red, green and yellow, which I wanted to use to enhance the Reggae vibe of the shirt.
I started by putting the peace sign in the top centre of the shirt because "piece" is often associated with Reggae therefore I
thought that it would be an appropriate symbol to add, so I added it. Then I added a clipping mask over the piece sign layer with
the Rasta colours and then adding a green stroke because it looked and because it symbolic of the lush of the land and nature in
Rastafarianism so I thought that the green stroke on the piece sign was also another appropriate touch to add to the product.
After that, I began to add the text "Ali Marley" because he is the Reggae music artist that I am using for my music related
product. At first the text had something missing about it because it was just flat above the piece sign. As a result I edited the
length and height of the text and warped the text around the piece sign slightly because it made the text on the T-shirt overall
look better because when the text curled round the piece sign, it made the artists name and the piece sign connect well with
each other on the t-shirt because it looks like they are both apart of the same image when they are both together in the way
they are.
I was lost as to what I should do to my T-shirt because it, thought had a good image on the front, was looking a tad too dull for
my liking so I took to google to find inspiration from other T-Shirt designs and found one with a collar, which gave me the idea to
add the Rasta rings around the neck of the shirt and also eventually the arms which too long to warp because it added to the
symbolic feel of Rastafarianism, which is tightly linked with Reggae and because with just the text and the image in the centre of
the shirt, it looked dull and so adding the rings made the shirt look more exciting.
At the end I added so colourations and some small tweaks to the images and then eventually finished my product because its
good to check over your work and to make small tweaks so that you make your product look that little bit better so that the
audience will find it more exciting.

4. ProcessWith this product I tried a psychedelic 60s spin to make the product different and eye catching to the audience
because most Reggae related products all seemed to have a very similar style so I decided to switch it up so that my
audience could enjoy it more since when they answered my survey, there preference was vibrant images so I
delivered what my audience wanted in terms of colour.
Firstly, I added the blue base and added a preset symbol from the custom shapes, stretched it out and used the twirl
distortion on it to give it a spiral effect to lure peoples eye into the image because the colours worked well with each
other and the spiral enriched the psychedelic influence that I was originally going for. I then added a yellow border to
the poster with a spiky blue shape clipped on top to make the poster more dramatic and to add a more diverse range
of colouring to the poster so that my audience has more colours to look at, making the product more exciting since
your eyes are processing more information when looking at the poster.
After that I added the, "Ali Marley" text, using psychedelic font so that the text looked like it belonged in the frame in
front of the spiral. After that, I warped it so that it fitted round the border smoothly and used a colour overlay on the
text with same colour as the border, which worked well because after that, both the background and the text, had the
same colouring, when formed a blend that made the text look like it was supposed to be there. I then added a blue
stroke around the text so that the red twirl didn’t clash with the yellow, which turned out really well because the
colours complemented each other very well since the stroke created barrier around the text, preventing the red to
clash with the orange, which wouldn’t have been good because orange and red don't go with each other
Furthermore, I added an image of the artist and experimented with the colours until I added an orange colour overlay
with a blending mode because it was a swift and easy method to pursue and it turned out well because the orange
from the boarder and the red spiral visually connected to the subject with their colour pallet. I also added a blue
stroke onto image of the artist which had the same great complimentary effect it had of the text above. Then I added
text at the bottom, "Europe Tour" where I added a warp around the border, a stroke and a colour overlay. Finally I
added final touches to the image of the artist by adding oil paint effects and colour before saving the production of
the product.

5. Process
Similarly to my poster, I went for a vintage psychedelic influenced style for my
artists album cover because I thought it would look eye catching for the audience. I first
started with a red coloured background and layered on top a preset shape within
Photoshop and added a multitude of different distortions, include the twirl. After that, I
added a square layer and cut out a circle of out of it and then stretched the layer out a
little bit, which added corners which I used for my clipping mask of the Rasta colours to
add to the reggae feel of the album cover.
After that I added the music artist subject by removed the background behind the
original image with the magnetic lasso tool which was a weakness because it was time
consuming because it was hard to do with the image type. Then changed the curves of
the brightness and contrast of the image and finally added a overlay with the perfect
blending mode and opacity so that it fit aesthetically into to the cover and so that the
colour of the subject work well with the colours in the background.
One great strength about this album cover was that I added the text, "Ali Marley' at the
top of the album cover with a font I downloaded called bell bottom laser which fit the
style superbly because of it's psychedelic nature, especially when I distorted and
transformed the text because it complimented the background behind it because of it's
similar style and the texts colours since they match with the backgrounds.