Finally Finished

After a very long time, I finally finished my Lyric Book. In the end, I decided not to put the actual lyrics on because I thought that it looked better as it is, without the words.

Here are a few pictures of my book.

This is my front cover, the spray paint stencil.

This is my back cover, the pen portrait.

These are my first and second pages, the light leaks edit and the old photograph with cartoon over the top.

These are my third and forth pages, the Gipi-inspired watercolour and the patterned tile.

Finally, these are my fifth and sixth pages, the pen lightning and another Gipi-inspired watercolour.

Front Page- Finished

After a long time, I finally finished my front page. This means that all my pages are now done.

All I need to do now is compile it all together.

Front Page

For the front page, I decided to do a stencil spray paint where I do different colours for each layer. Here is the first step; I separated each section that I would spray paint a different colour.

This is the full picture with both the colours.

 These are the two layers that will each be spray painted a different colour. I also added the title of the song using a font that I chose from DaFont.

Lightning Strikes!

After having a quick break and doing the 'Pen Tool Worksheet', I carried on with my lyric book. The next page was relatively easy and only took me about an hour. I inverted the colours to make it look more interesting. 

The Pen Tool

Apart from your average pencil, the pen tool on Adobe Illustrator is important when doing art work on the computer. During my graphics lesson, I completed a worksheet on the pen tool. Here it is.

Hero Photograph (Final)

All of my hard work paid off and this is the final piece. My fifth page of my lyric book that I have done... Only a few pages left!

                     

Hero Photograph (W.I.P)

Here are a few images and screenshots of the steps I took to get to my final piece of my Hero Photograph for my fifth page of my lyric book.

As you can see, it took a lot of steps to get to the final piece. I also used my textured brushes that I had made beforehand, this made the lines more unique and imperfect. I really like the look that I created with the brushes.

More Old Photographs

After doing my research, I got stuck in on the art side of it. This isthe picture that I chose (found on Pinterest).

The next thing I did was trace on top of the Photograph, using tracing paper. This is what it looked like with the tracing paper over it. I tried to go for a SuperHero theme since the lyrics were about bravery.

I made up the Logo myself and added the classic 'cape bellowing in the wind' and a simple eye mask too! 

Old Photographs

For the next page in my book, I decided to take some inspiration from the artist Giulia Sagramola. I went straight to Pinterest to do some research for this next task.

This is my Pinboard for my Lyric Book. As you can see, I repinned some old black and white Photographs. 

Textured Brushes

The textured brushes that I designed myself using various art materials and mediums. These were really useful for the next page that I did of my lyric book.

Here is a more 'up-close' image of my brushes. From this angle. you can really see the texture of the lines. This textured look really helped to spice up the look of the images I produced with them.

Expanding

After doing my Watercolour for my Lyric Book, I decided to edit another one. This is my final outcome. 

The Final Watercolour

This is my final outcome of my Watercolour. I edited some of the colour to make it brighter and more noticeable on Photoshop.

Next Step: Watercolour!

For my next page, I chose to do a watercolour picture of an image to do with my lyrics. Here are a few work-in-progress shots of what I did.

Here is a picture of the whole page in my sketchbook, before I scanned it in.

My Brushes Final

This is my final brushes. I really enjoyed doing this because it looks so good after doing all the work.

Next Step: Brushes

Another one of my pages has hand-drawn patterns filling the background. This is the page I scanned in to go forth and edit.

The Final Edits

This is the final outcome of my photograph edits. On the top row (from left to right) there is; Gradient, Light Leaks, and Black and White. On the bottom row (from right to left) there is; Levels, Overlay, and Hue and Saturation. This task didn't really take very long, and on Photoshop, I can achieve this so much quicker.  

Photograph Edits

For another page of my lyric book, I decided to do a edit of a photograph. Here are a few work in progress shots that I under went to get to the final product. To save time, I did all the edits on the same document.