I began creating my “Alt-J” album cover by first taking the image ( a photograph I took at the hot springs in Rotorua, NZ) above and duplicating it 5 times. I proceeded by using the custom shape tool on each of the duplicated layers to make selection paths and cut my selected areas from the image, Each time I pasted the part of the image I had cut out, back on top of the background layers. At this point I had pasted one full circle, two outlined circles and one outlined triangle; each with their separate layer and I arranged them so they were above my two original unedited background images ^.
This is when I began altering the layer modes of the shapes and top background image, I also used various adjustment layers and the brush tool to mask out areas of each of the layers and adjustment layers I did not want to affect the image. After i was happy with the results, I added the text and below is the final version:
The image above, I created by blending and reversing three images of the sky, an image of a horse, an island in Croatia and an image of a lake (to add the ripples). I decided to use this image on my next project:
Again, I used the same basic method as I previously described with emphasis on creating shapes from a background image and altering the layer modes to produce specific effects. After a small time playing around I decided to produce a generic looking CD cover, the final result can be seen below:
Thanks for reading ! and feel free to check out my website at: www.josephrigbyphotography.co.uk
BONUS IMAGE ;) of naff Jimmy Hendrix album cover I invented:
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