Brand Report: Ideas for Front Covers

I had difficult time trying to pick a front cover and the entire theme for my brand report. Initially, I wanted to use a black background as I find that I work well with a darker background. I was also considering using a rose or flower themed background as it represents D&G. I later on tried to change the background by lowering the saturation, changing the red rose colour to a more darker Burgundy colour so it wouldn't stand out too much. For layout, I tried to make the back of the picture blurred by using Gaussian Blur Tool at 7.0 and then added lines around it to add Moree details. It was quite hard place other pictures onto a flower background because each image I've used had a different theme and colour, therefore it didn't match well; there was too much going on. In the end, I chose to use an off-white colour with a creamy colour in the centre to add a bit of warmth to my cover. I included lines as I always use lines to add extra detail to things.

In my opinion, there are definitely things that need to be improved and corrected. But overall, I quite like this layout because its simple and it makes the other images stand out more, especially because Dolce & Gabbana photos are always bold and contrasting which would be quite distracting if I use that background with the photos I've got.


Below are all of my ideas for the front cover:























FINAL COVER:




Here are a few of my layout ideas:













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