Adobe InDesign was the software I chose - superb to use and allows great flexibility with positioning of images. Finished native documents then saved as PDF and the PDF files subsequently saved as JPEG and then PNG's to allow uploading into this blog.
The cover image of Art Paul was created in Adobe Illustrator from the only image of Paul that I could find on the www. As the quality was too low to allow the image to be used as the cover picture, I chose to vectorise it using the Live Trace feature in Illustrator. This had two benefits for my projects cover as it allowed me to use the image in a way that ensured the blurring of the picture would be seen as deliberate (and not as the result of a poor image) and, secondly, it tied in perfectly with the style of covers that Playboy have created in the past.
The cover image of Art Paul was created in Adobe Illustrator from the only image of Paul that I could find on the www. As the quality was too low to allow the image to be used as the cover picture, I chose to vectorise it using the Live Trace feature in Illustrator. This had two benefits for my projects cover as it allowed me to use the image in a way that ensured the blurring of the picture would be seen as deliberate (and not as the result of a poor image) and, secondly, it tied in perfectly with the style of covers that Playboy have created in the past.
The barcode was also created in Illustrator by using the typeface "9 in 3" to set the bars which were then converted to outlines. The numerals and price were simple to set to finish the look.
The advert for the back page was mocked up yo closely resemble the type of image favoured by high end products that advertise in the magazine.
The colour for the Playboy masthead and titles was sampled from a selection of hair from the Nicole Kidman image; this was done to ensure the colours I used were harmonious.
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