For this first project I designed it based on the covers of the Professor Layton game series, using key objects from each game as the stencil and the cover of each game (with the exception of The Eternal Diva, which is a movie). After creating the stencils and applying them to the image I colored them by using a photofilter, but the color still felt too weak so I used to color replacement tool as well and gave each stenciled image an outer glow for even more impact against the stark black background. To complete this project, I decided to put the iconic Professor Layton logo in the center and arrange the images around it.
The second project was created using the same method except this time using my own silhouettes and bits of the background from the stencil as the actual image. I created this background using the gradient tool and an inner glow effect on the individual images as well as an outer glow effect. Layout was especially difficult with this project because I loved all my image but they all looked best in the same section of the project, which would be too crowded. So I tried to still maintain balance while keeping all my images as close to where I originally wanted them as possible.
