First I found the Garbage dump picture in the national geographic archives. I took that Photo and adjusted the temperature and tint down to give it a darker, more depressing feel. I also brought the brightness down to make it even darker. Then make the garbage a little more defined I brought the saturation up, then to counter that I brought the vibrance down. I also brought the clarity down some to make it a little more muddled.
Then I took a stock photo that I had of grass and a blue sky and wanted it to feel exceptionally bright and happy. I brought up the lights on the parametric curve until it looked almost overly bright, so I could have a good comparison to the dark backdrop.
I also found a Recycle symbol on google and use the magic wand to trace it, I then created a layer mask from the recycle symbol. I imported the layer with the grass and sky to the garbage dump file, via drag and drop. Then I placed the Recycle mask on the sky portion of the grass layer to form the recycle symbol. I used the same procedure for the recycle word, except I typed the letters, used a duplicate of the first grass layer.
Then I used the feather option for the layer masks and set it to two pixels. I felt this made the words look more like a window into what could and should be in the place of the dump. I hope you all like it.
Finley, Dennis. Garbage Landfill. 1987. nationalgeographic.com. N.p., 2006. Web.
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I really like the layout you have. It is simple but with the photo you have as a background, it is very effective.
ReplyDeleteI was about to post my comment but I read Dan's and it would have been redundant. I really like this.Great job.
ReplyDeleteLike Dan said it is simple and effective. I like how you used the feather mask. It does create a good visual to the words. Also using the blue sky and green grass brightens up the dreary landfill. Good message and good job.
ReplyDeleteI like it too. Jon
ReplyDeleteYour poster turned out very nice. I like the contrasts between background and foreground. Your adjustments to the background were a smart idea, it really makes the symbol and text pop off the page and delivers the message of the before and after and what things once were and could be again. The one thing that stood out to me are the blurry edges of the text and symbol. It seems a bit too fuzzy to me and I wonder what it would look like with clearer edges. I am wondering if you tried it. I like the design, it was a creative idea.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I would add to this is a nice thick stroke around the the recycle symbol and the text, then the whole piece would feel really finished.
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