Golden Light Poster #291

This afternoon, I fell​ asleep while watching Youtube. It doesn’t often happen to me. I wake three hours later, my body took ​control and let me remember​ that he must sleep! Fortunately, I made the poster this morning, but how to explain that I didn’t finish a job because I was asleep, again, there are no excuses.​

The Design

When I start to add a light over the rectangle, I felt a voice in my head telling me, “don’t do that, you don’t want to get there!” I should listen to my inner voice. I didn’t want to go in this way, and I didn’t want to create that kind of poster. But I continue to explore this way instead to go somewhere else with my design.

So, I continue to explore where I can go, and I create more thin lines around the rectangle which contain the picture​ of Apollo. The picture​ that I separate from the middle and place on the rectangle’s side.

​To create the lines and the lighting effect, I use the Pen Tool. I create the​ first line in blue; I duplicate the layer and change the color to white. I double click on the layer to open the Layer Style panel​​ and add a blue Outer Glow. I also change the blend mode to Linear Dodge (Add). I obtain this lighting effect by following the previous steps.

Then, It is a question of placement, sizing, ​and spacing. It is about the taste I have on the moment, ​and I try to follow my intuition in the​ first time, then, I take a step back and question the basic principle of graphic design.