JJ's Blog: 2015-09-06

Self designed magazine cover.

I 1st opened an A4 artboard with 1cm bleed line and 1cm guideline. The image (my own photography) was then paste in it.

I cropped the image away from the guidelines as a frame for the cover. Then i added guide boxes.

Designing the magazine title and using clipping mask tool to make only certain parts seen.

Adding titles words and captions with different designs.

Final Cover.

Creating Magazine Cover
Image I used.

I 1st opened an A4 artboard with a 3 mm bleed line and 3mm guidelines.

Then i paste the image on the artboard and also created guide boxes for wording and titles.

Putting i the wordings.

The barcode image i used.

I used the clipping mask tool to create gaps in the wording for the image to show through. I also adjusted the words and used compound paths to create interesting word designs.

Final Magazine Cover.

Typography Art.

The image i used.

Open it in Illustrator.

Starting layer by layer i draw in the background.

Draw in the bodies by using the clipping mask tool.

Same for the rest of the bodies.

Final Results.

Retouching Portraits

1st attempt.

I used this image and opened it in photoshop.

Then i used the healing tool to remove some blemishes and brighten her skin.

I used the brush tool to add eyeshadow and eyeliner. I used the opacity setting to adjust it.

Next i moved to the lips and did the same thing.

Finally finished with the other eye.

The final picture.

2nd attempt

The image i used.

I opened the image then duplicated two layers so that i do not change the original picture.

Then i used the healing tool to remove all the wrinkles by replacing it with another part of her skin.

But not all so that the natural look can be maintained.

Then i used the bluring tool to blur out the fine lines and freckles.

Then i erased the areas around the face. I also erased the eyes and lips to maintain the sharpness.

I used the liquify tool to readjust the shape of her face. Then erased the deformed areas.

Then with the pen tool i drew over her lips and eyes on a new layer to enhance the natural features. And used opacity to adjust.

With brightness and contrast i adjusted it till the image was more clear.

Final Comparison.

Original Image

Photoshop Image