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PHOTOSHOP &



                                                                                                                                                                                 ILLUSTRATOR













                                                                                                                                                                            OUR FIRST DESIGN DISCOURSE PROJECT WAS TO
                                                                                                                                                                             CREATE AND PRESENT A POSTER ON A FAMOUS
                                                                                                                                                                              DESIGNER, MY TEAM CHOSE RAYMOND LOEWY. I
                                                                                                                                                                           CREATED THE POSTER, USING DIFFERENT TOOLS TO
                                                                       WHEN LEARNING ABOUT                                                                                  CUT, LAYER AND OVERLAP FOR THE BEST VISUALLY
                                                                        COLOUR THEORY, WERE                                                                              APPEALING RESULT. NOT ONLY WAS THIS FUN TO MAKE,
                                                                       TASKED WITH CREATING                                                                                EXPLORING PHOTOSHOP AND ITS AVAILABLE TOOLS,
                                                                        THREE MOOD BOARDS                                                                                  BUT THE TOPIC OF RAYMOND LOEWY WAS SUCH AN
                                                                        DEMONSTRATING HOW                                                                                         INTERESTING DESIGNER TO BASE THE
                                                                         DIFFERENT COLOURS                                                                                PROJECT OFF. THIS WAS THE FIRST POSTER I MADE IN
                                                                         ACHIEVE A VISUALLY                                                                               PHOTOSHOP. I USED MY SKILLS WHEN CREATING THE
                                                                          AESTHETIC IMAGE.                                                                                 COLOUR MOOD BOARDS, UNDERSTANDING HOW TO
                                                                        THESE MOOD BOARDS                                                                                 ENHANCE THE POSTER USING CONTRASTING COLOURS
                                                                             FOCUSED ON                                                                                    COUPLED WITH A NEUTRAL BACKGROUND COLOUR,
                                                                       CONTRASTING COLOURS,                                                                              ALLOWING THE TEXT AND IMAGES TO STAND OUT EVEN
                                                                        TRIADIC COLOURS AND                                                                                                       MORE.
                                                                                  AN
                                                                         ANALOGOUS COLOUR
                                                                            BOARD. USING
                                                                        DIFFERENT SHAPES AS
                                                                        WELL AS CONTRASTING
                                                                        AND COMPLEMENTARY
                                                                       COLOURS, I MADE MOOD
                                                                          BOARDS, ALL WITH
                                                                       DIFFERENT AESTHETICS.                   WE WERE TASKED WITH
                                                                        WHEN CREATING THESE                   CREATING A MOOD BOARD,
                                                                        MOOD BOARDS, I WAS                 USING COLOUR AND IMAGES TO
                                                                           DEVELOPING MY                        EXPRESS AN EMOTION.
                                                                         ILLUSTRATOR SKILLS                             ‘CALM’
                                                                          AND DEEPENING MY                 TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, WE
                                                                         KNOWLEDGE OF THE                      USED WEBSITES SUCH AS
                                                                              INTERFACE.                    PINTEREST AND PEXELS. AFTER
                                                                                                              FINDING IMAGES I LIKED, I
                                                                                                           COMPILED THEM ALL ONTO THE
                                                                                                               ONE PAGE, CUTTING AND
                                                                                                           EDITING THEM TO ACHIEVE THE
                                                                                                             BEST POSSIBLE IMAGE. THE
                                                                                                            NEUTRAL COLOUR PALETTE OF
                                                                                                           THE MUTED GREENS, BLUES AND
                                                                                                             YELLOWS OVER THE TANNED
                                                                                                                BACKGROUND CREATES
                                                                                                                A CALM AND PEACEFUL
                                                                                                              AESTHETIC FOR THE MOOD
                                                                                                                        BOARD.
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