Design Boards Creation: Quiet on the Forest Floor
In this post I will be explaining the process of making my design boards for the project for this term. I will be creating them in Photoshop 2024. Because it saved me a lot of time last term, I will be making a template for myself first.
I opened a new file by clicking 'File' in the top left menu and choosing 'New'. I then went to 'Print' and chose 'A3', in the menu on the right I chose to have a portrait orientation as my works are made in the same orientation. I left all the other settings as they were and clicked 'Create' in the bottom right.
I opened my background image by clicking 'File' and 'Open' in the top menu. When my file opened, I pressed 'Ctrl + A' on my keyboard to select the image and used 'Ctrl + C' to copy the image. I then went back to my original file and pressed 'Ctrl + V' on my keyboard to paste the copied image onto a new layer. I did not have to resize the image, since I made it on A3 size. I went through the same process with the logo, but I did adjust the size by simply selecting the layer and using the 'Move' tool to drag the corners outward. I then made a border around the logo using 'Edit' in the top menu and choosing 'Stroke', I chose a 5px border with a lighter colour than the background. I could not find a font for the title that fit the project very well, so I used DaFont to find a free to use font.
The title has a font size of 77pt and the subtitle has a font size of 36pt in the font Baskerville Old Face, I changed these in the menu at the top while the 'Text' tool is selected. I changed the opacity of the layer to 50% in the layer menu to make it look more like a subtitle, to me it did not look good when both titles were white. The template is now done.
In Procreate I added all the designs I made together in one file with a transparent background. I added this file using the same 'Open' and Copy-paste process I explained earlier in this post. I resized the title to 120pt and centered the text using the 'Text' menu at the top. I changed the opacity to 70% to make it easier on the eyes as the white was quite piercing at that size. This will be the front cover for my gallery.
For my concept board I used the 'Baskerville Old Face' font in font size 35pt, the layer opacity is set to 70% to make is easier to read and less straining on the eyes.
I added a photo to my 'Materials and Sustainability' board by copying it from the source and pasting it into my file using the 'Ctrl + C' and 'Ctrl + V' commands on my keyboard. I added a border using the 'Edit' menu in the top menu and choosing 'Stroke' with the image layer selected from the layers menu. I chose a 10px size border. The text is consistent with the previous board in terms of size, font and opacity.
I replaced the background with my design drawings using the 'Open' and keyboard commands process. I then added text with the text tool, using the same font, size and opacity as before. Using the 'Rectangular Marquee' tool I created a box around the text on a new layer and used the 'Fill' function under 'Edit' in the top menu, I filled it with a darker colour on 50% opacity. I then used the 'Stroke' function under 'Edit' to create a 100% opacity border with a 2px size around the box with a lighter colour. I used the 'Line' tool to drag a line between the subject and the text.
The background of the design boards was a little too plain, I decided to add tree silhouettes to the background so it resembles a copse.
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