'The Rat' book cover design.

         
               We designed book covers in Adobe InDesign CC.

           I used Adobe InDesign to make this graffiti cover.

             

       For this graffiti effect, I used Photoshop. Firstly I placed an image of a brick wall, and changed it to black and white in order to blend the text in. I then changed the tones of contrast of the background in order for it to stand out more, and saved it as a psd file in order to use it again. Secondly, I opened up the original image of the background on another window, and started to apply text. I then made use of the background in black and white, but converted the text layer into a 'smart object' to do so, and then went to ' filter', 'distort' and 'displace' to make the text look more visible on the background. I used the 'Fx' option on the layers panel to add more effects to the text and make it stand out from the background. The main effect of the graffiti text was the use of the 'blending options' panel, and from there,  using the 'blend if' options to then make the text dissolve within the wall to make it seem as if it was actually sprayed on. Using the 'underlying layer' option, I multiplied the number of arrows using 'alt' and clicking the bar at the same time for a greater effect.

                           
               We mainly used the mesh tool for this effect on Illustrator CC, and added to what we learnt by practising designing logos for restaurants.

           
                         For this project, I used the pencil tool on Illustrator CC to firstly write out my name. I then used the width tool to change the size of the letters from different angles for this effect. To add colour to these letters, I had to expand the appearance of each of the letters by selecting 'Object' and selecting 'Expand appearance'. I then used the mesh tool to change the size of some of the angles and the choosing a different colour for the letters.