poster evaluation

My poster

The first thing i created on my poster was the background. I wanted a background with numerous amounts of colour, so i started experimenting with the preset colours in photoshop. After looking for colours i couldn't find any bright and vibrant colours that went well with my scheme, so i tried a more subtle mix of different shades of brown and white. I made the colours fade into each other using the preset tool on photoshop called the gradient tool. Ilike the out come of the poster and i kept it.

i then added the images of Bob Marely and the lion. I got the image from google images, originally the picture was them merged together but i wanted them separate so i duplicated the photo and dragged on to the left and one to the right. After this i added an effect on the photos called overlay, this made the pictures blend into the background and made it more subtle. 

After the pictures were added, i focused on inserting typography onto the poster. I searched the internet for a reggae looking text but i could not find any, after this i looked on photoshops preset text and found one that i liked, it was called projan. I liked it because it made the text look old fashioned and i think it suited my scheme. I used bob marely quotes for my heading and footer, I didn't want the text to say "reggae" because i saw others using the word as their heading so i wanted mine to stand out and be different. I chose two Bob marely quotes Because it represents individualism, i think this because both the quotes are talking about '"yourself" and our minds. Which is what i think reggae music is all about. I then added a text mild text wrap to the heading, i added this because i thought it matched well with the pictures and the colour scheme. 

I added the peace logo in the middle last. I found this image on google images, it came with a transparent background so i did not need to cut around it. This was helpful as it saved me time. I added it not knowing what is was going to turn out like, i sent the picture to the layer underneath the bob marely and lion and thought it looked nice and suited my poster well.  It originally came as black, i did not like this because it was difficult to see and understand what it was. So i  then added an overlay onto the peace logo so it would be easier to see.