I've finally got the magazine cover of the Ancillary product done! Since Little White Lies do their magazine covers with original artwork, I asked my sister (who's an artist) to help with the front cover. This is the magazine cover we took inspiration from:
Amd using this photo of myself as a reference:
We used many combinations of these splats to make different cover ideas...
We both decided that a more subtle use of pink was more effective; I also incorporated the Little White Lies logo and the title 'Marianette'; but I felt the title was made too obvious on the bar-code...
The Finished Edition...
I used some more pink splatters over the black by changing the layer's options to 'Screen' so it'd show up over the black (using a black upper and lower boarder to frame the image - though could also reflect the black bars on a movie or photograph). I also tied together the pink splatters with Marian herself by making her lips pink too, and I put the title between each bar of the bar-code to make it all the more subtle, and incorporated the selling-line under the 'Little White Lies' masthead!
Symbolism:
Marian wears rather seductive make up to emphasize her lustful appeal, as well as the pulling of her clothes straps suggesting the sexting, undressing side to her story. This being incorporated into a bar-code not only adds visual interest and can relate to the 'techy' side to her trailer, but could also reflect her objectification and how it feels like she's making a transaction by 'buying' affection through her body.
And finally, the deliberate misspelling of 'Marionette' with 'Marianette' is to incorporate Marian's name into the fact her strings are being pulled by her insecurities and by peer pressure, and that she feels toyed with; almost like 'broken goods'.
As well as having taken inspiration from this image:
Amd using this photo of myself as a reference:
Stage 1 of process:
We came up with the idea to use dots to make the shape of the character, and with the idea of the protagonist pulling her sleeves down, we thought of a bar-code. This is the drawing she came up with...
To make the drawing more accurate to my facial features, we used Photoshop to adjust the left eye, push in the jaw, soften the cheek bones, make the chin slightly larger and make the teeth smaller...
With this as the foundation of the magazine cover, we decided to add these pink splotches to the image for the connotations of lust as well as to add some visual interest...
We used many combinations of these splats to make different cover ideas...
The Finished Edition...
I used some more pink splatters over the black by changing the layer's options to 'Screen' so it'd show up over the black (using a black upper and lower boarder to frame the image - though could also reflect the black bars on a movie or photograph). I also tied together the pink splatters with Marian herself by making her lips pink too, and I put the title between each bar of the bar-code to make it all the more subtle, and incorporated the selling-line under the 'Little White Lies' masthead!
This magazine cover has turned out SO much more successfully than I originally thought!
And finally, the deliberate misspelling of 'Marionette' with 'Marianette' is to incorporate Marian's name into the fact her strings are being pulled by her insecurities and by peer pressure, and that she feels toyed with; almost like 'broken goods'.
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