DPS CONSTRUCTION DIARY

BY DYLAN ADAMS

FIRSTLY I MADE A CUSTOM BACKGROUND FOR THE FIRST PAGE OF THE DPS, USING THE PAINTBRUSH TOOL I MADE A MESH TO FILL IN WITH THE BUCKET TOOL. USING A PALETTE FROM THE INTERNET I FILLED IN THE MESH WITH A VARIETY OF BRIGHT COLOURS.

AFTER THE BACKGROUND, I MADE A BLACK RECTANGLE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO WORK WITH AND SO I KNEW THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PAGES. THEN I CONSTRUCTED A DOOR SHAPE USING VECTORS FROM THE INTERNET AND MULTIPLE LAYER FILTERS, IT RESULTED IN A CARTOONISH BUT OBVIOUS DOOR TO SEPARATE THE TWO PAGES.

AFTER GETTING THE DOOR DIVIDER DONE, I FOCUSED ON THE REST OF THE FIRST PAGE – THE TITLE WAS FIRST, SIMPLE BOLD CAPS TEXT WITH DIFFERENT SIZES AND LINE SPACINGS TO CREATE A SIMPLE CLEAN TITLE. AS WELL AS THAT I FOCUSED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, INSERTING THE SILHOUETTE OF THE PERSON AS WELL AS THE BLACK RECTANGLE WHICH SHOWS THE CHANNEL AND TIME.

AFTER GETTING THE BASE OF THE FIRST PAGE COMPLETE, I ADDED ALL THE SPEECH BUBBLES WITH THE TEXT, EASILY DONE USING THE CUSTOM SHAPE AND TRANSFORM TOOLS.

WHEN I STARTED WORK ON THE SECOND PAGE, I USED ANOTHER IDENTICAL BLACK RECTANGLE TO COVER UP THE FIRST PAGE TO MAKE THE WORK EASIER TO SEE. I USED A LOREM IPSUM GENERATOR TO CREATE 3 COLUMNS OF TEXT THEN ADDED IN THE IMAGES WE WILL USE WHICH I CREATED USING THE FRAME CAPTURE TOOL IN PREMIERE.

TO COMPLETE THE DPS, I ADDED IN A BLACK AND WHITE BLURRED BORDER SURROUNDING THE PERSON’S SILHOUETTE. I DID THIS BY CREATING A COPY OF THE BACKGROUND, USING THE SELECT AND GROW TOOLS TO MAKE SELECT A BIGGER AREA THAN THE SILHOUETTE, THEN INVERTED AND DELETED THAT. I DESATURATED THE CUT DOWN BACKGROUND THEN APPLIED A GAUSSIAN BLUR EFFECT.