Gum Pack

a) What is the feeling you wanted your gum package to portray? How did you achieve this?

I just wanted it to look cool and apppealing to my target market. I achieved this by having a black background and blue text which makes it look cool.

b) Who are you targeting your gum to? How did you achieve this?

I am targeting my gum to teens and people who wants to make or produce songs with me. I achieved his by using the gum pack as an visiting card.

c) What area in your design did you use Photoshop?

The picture in the back was edited in photoshop.

d) More marks are given to designs that are custom created and not just taken from free vectors or free stock photography. What part of your gum package did you custom design?

All my design except the only picture is custom created.

Frustration

Questions:

a) What were you trying to express and how did you achieve this?
I was trying to express my frustrated feelings towards school especially math. I achieved this by getting a nice background and using some filters.

b) What filters did you use and where?
I used Neon Glow and Plastic Wrap for the background, Glowing Edges for the numbers and some blur for the text and my picture.

c) What layer blending mode did you use and where?
I used gradient mode for the picture and inner glow for the text.

d) What special brush did you use and where?
I used Rough Round Bristle Brush on the picture to give it a disturbed look.

Magazine Cover

 

Questions n Answers:

a) What qualities of your magazine cover make it effective? (eg. What makes it eye catching?, What about it promotes curiosity?, How is it visually pleasing?, What makes it easy to understand?)

Ans. The qualities of my cover that make it effective  are that first of all its made by me, secondly the effort i put in to it and thirdly the PS3 and GTA IV make it look more interesting.

b) What was the order of hierarchy you were trying to achieve for the elements on your magazine cover?

Ans.  I wanted to make GTA IV Stand out because it is 1 of the biggest n most popular games comin out this year.