Inclass Activity

Just a couple of web images I made in class using photoshop during a photoshop skills activity:

Image One:

I words are lyrics to a Greenday song and the background images were both sourced from the web.

What I think works:

I like the combination of the building and the overlay of the scribbles and text from the second image. It makes me think of grafiti on the walks which I believe helps to build the atmosphere of the image.

What I don't think works so well:

I'm not too sure about the text. I like the font, its easy to read, but it has no direction - its just broken up about the page. Perhaps if it lead to the doorway or faded into the distance?

Overall:

I still like the image, the words do encourage me to read then and the background is interesting and effective, I just feel more could be done with the text.

Image Two:

The background image was sourced from the internet and the font was added on in photoshop with differing levels of opacity.

What I think works:

Again, I like the background. The bright green and yellow colours and the red lines work well together and grab the attention of the eye

What I don't think works so well:

Again I'm not sure about the text. I like the fading of it at different levels of opacity and white was probably a good choice too against the yellow, green and red. However, this time I'm not sure about the font and I'm not convinced that running the word "peace" backwards is very effective.

Overall:

Not such a fan of the text on this image, maybe need to look into different fonts and experiment with photoshop techniques related to fonts.