Second version of magazine advert

After the first attempt not going as planned, I decided to look for some inspiration, so I looked back at the music video and the original footage that was taken from it. I felt motivated again and I think that I've managed to find the right design for the advert now. I decided to use an image from the original uncut footage itself, as it links with the music video, and it shows a good top-half profile shot of the artist when we were recording footage, wearing Junk Star Kids clothing, therefore also advertising the clothing merchandise. Here's an image of the design so far;

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I think this looks really good, as I have used a small amount of colours, white, blue and black, with the additional bit of red for the small square preview of the DVD. For the main image I used a filter, to give a cartoony look to it. I also changed the appearance using levels and curves to give it a brighter look which focuses on the artist, and also change the colours.

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I had to play around with the settings to get the idea I was looking for, because I did want it to be visible to what it was, rather than it being abstract and not being able to make out what it was. Now I just need to finish the design, and then it is complete.