How I Made The Poster

Firstly I cut the artist out from the background using the pen tool by outlining the artist and then converting it into a selection. I then copied and pasted it onto a new layer and named the layer JACE.

I then duplicated the layer twice. On the original layer I changed the colour of the image by using the Hue and Saturation option. I did this with the other layers but changing them to different and contrasting colours.

I then changed the blending mode of all of the layers to multiply. I then changed the position of the duplicated layer and this made a distorted effect which matched the effect which is on the album cover. This carries on the theme from the album cover on to the poster.

I then made a new document and copied and pasted the image of the artist onto the new document. I then increased the scale of the image and then moved half of the face off of the canvas. This makes the artist the main topic of the poster and allows the audience to get familiar with the image of the artist so it becomes more noticeable.  

To add bit of finesse on the cut-out of the image of the artist, I applied a gradient on the artist so that the canvas fades into the artist. I did this by applying a layer mask and using the gradient tool to apply the fade.

I then got an image of the galaxy (which was originally purple). To match the colour of the artists image, I used the hue and saturation option to change the colour of the image to a lime/green colour.

I then applied it to the posters canvas as the background to add a nice effect.

Finally I added the information of the album and the artist. Firstly I copied and pasted the artists album to the poster; I made it fairly large as people should be aware that the album is now available and they should be able to recognise the album. I then added the text and used a combination of white and yellow to contrast the colours used in the background and on the artist. I made sure to add the main single of the album which is 'Christ Conscious', I also added the artists logo.