I started off with this design which when you look at the finished one you can see all the way through that it doesn't look a great deal different at first. However there have been many like I said subtle changes which helped evolve the design.
My initial first idea and layout design reflected something more of an album cover and it carried on reflecting an album cover-esque design until my final one. There is a bit too much going on in this initial design, causing it to look to busy. I used the title of his latest album as a way of linking it to how he is portrayed in the article as I felt like making a comment such as how ‘lost’ he felt. Which is a track title on the album.
Once again, subtle changes is evident. This time I felt like incorporating the Hollywood aspect of what he talks about in the article.
It does still look to busy at this point in its development. Still needing to refine the elements in the composition. Such as Moby’s face and the trump shapes in the background.
This time I tried putting more of an emphasis on the Hollywood sign and the whole aspect of Moby talking about how he is distancing himself from the place or more the people that live there.
Still looking too busy and full on the page/composition at this point as well.
At this point its getting closer to the final design/composition but still of course needing refinement. I had taken away the Trump face images as I thought that it wasn’t needed and made it all too obvious conceptually.
I needed to tighten up certain details and just make it more fluid and fit together better. I still felt at this point it wasn’t really looking like an editorial piece though so i decided to get rid of any text/words all together and just have it focus on a composition image wise.
I also decided I wasn’t happy with how I had done the face and actually felt he looked to happy for the tone of the article. So I altered his expression to fit the tone better. Getting more darker tones and textures in helped this.
At first I was conscious of the fact that the Moby I had illustrated didn't look exactly like the image I had referenced from. However it is always important to remember when referencing that its ok to put your own twist on it and if its done in a certain it will never be compared to the original reference image.
This is my final image that I eventually ended up with. I added more textures to it but in a subtle way and sharpened up certain areas to make it more crisp and striking, particularly in Moby’s face. Also deciding to get rid of the words altogether has helped it enormously as a design/composition.
Reflecting a certain technique I admire at the moment I added in templates behind his head and body. I’m not entirely sure why this works, well at least it does for me. I was really pleased with the eff3ectiveness of the edited photo of his body as using a photo collaging style is something I think about a lot now.