Construction of Billboard

After deciding that a simple billboard would be most appropriate for my magazine, it was pretty easy to choose an image (I chose an image with lots of space for me to include text) and copy the font I used for my front cover.

I decided on the slogan "time may change a lot but some things remain the same"
this successfully links to the whole theme of my magazine as it's aim is to appreciate the quaint village-like things that have not changed and can still be enjoyed today!

I wanted to give the billboard an effect, and after trying several from Photoshop, I decided to create my own... I tested a "sepia" filter on Photoshop but the photo looked too edited. I thought that I could give my photo an old-fashioned look by adding a layer that look liked old paper over the top.

 

At home, I stained an A4 sheet of paper using a tea bag. I left this to dry on the radiator and then scanned it into the computer. This will hopefully allow me to have the right effect on Photoshop.

I scanned the paper into the computer and opened it up in Photoshop...

After opening the scanned image in Photoshop, I used the layer effect "Multiply" this dropped the image into the background and gave a nice vintage effect! After playing with the colour and contrast, I am happy with this effect!

 

 

After playing around on Photoshop, I think the scanned image may be too heavy. The darkness connotes a sinister feel to the billboard, almost as though a horror billboard would be! The effect of the stained paper when scanned looks too much like clouds which is not the desired effect.