This is my draft of my cover photo for my blog I might need to blend the images better to have a nicer contrast. This is just a rough outline I started with the guy flexing and tried to find imagery that didn’t clash too much. I wanted to try to make something that stands out and portrays the idea of health might look into adding more of a health feel. I mainly followed the layer and cutting tutorial from the Photoshop tutorial last week. I combined a couple of images through layering. Some things could definitely be touched up the cutting tool didn’t work as intended and a lot of time was spent editing the cut photo. The images i selected I looked around for different scenery photos until I found a few that I liked and tested out a few to see how they look. The Lighthouse is from Greece something that is synonymous with athletics due to its history with creating the Olympics. The sky I just liked the look of and chose to include it I might try to find a more fitting sky so that their isn’t such a harsh contrast with night and day or even darken the lighthouse and sea. The quote I made is inspired by the Gandhi quote ” It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”.
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First, I would like to say that the way all of the different images fit together is something I feel that you did very well. At first glance I thought that the background was all one image. My first critique is the color of the sky with contrast to the lighthouse and the ocean. I think the color of the sky is very pretty however if the sky is going to be as dark as it is and the lighthouse and ocean are going to be as bright as they are I feel that you need to add some brightness to the sky and/or some darkness to the ocean so that they are able to compliment and contrast each other well. My second critique is, I feel that you could do something more with the wording at the top. You could bend the wording so that it goes from the guys muscle to the other muscles. This could really help emphasize the health aspect that you are searching for. Finally, if you are going to use something from Greece to portray meaning, maybe use something that when people see it they will automatically be able to make the connection to Greece.
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The Greek lighthouse was a nice add on, the explanation behind it and what it means to the athletic topic you’re going for. A critique that I do think that could be worked on, is the sky lights, they do contradict each other so maybe finding a good medium might help what is trying to be represented in the picture. The draft looks great I was very confused on what the main focus was when I first saw the draft until I read about it in your writing area. So the water might be an area that could be adjusted to help the audience better understand the main topic. Maybe adding another photo on top of it or using one of your photos you already have and use it to be more eye focused. Overall, I think your graphic looks great and your paragraph about it really wraps up the explanation behind each picture.
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After reading the comments from my peers I can see that my thoughts on the contrast between the sky and lighthouse are something that should be improved upon. It also occurs to me that not everyone can distinguish that the lighthouse is from Greece so ill work on making my topic choice more discernible to everyone. In the final i’m going to make change the word design and fix the lighting effects. The main change will be reinforcing my topic choice so it is easier to see in the sea. I might add another image or edit the ones I currently have. I’m going to find a better place and design for the text Andie made a nice suggestion that I will definitely take a look at how everything looks if applied. The reviews have really helped me think of a lot of different things that I will try to implement in my final design.
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