PHOTOSHOP: magazine advert cut out fonts 2

Progressing on previous font design
How I have developed my idea
I have now developed my previous font design however still using the same font Helvetica Neue I have moved on from the straw idea but have now used screen shots taken from my footage and layered them on top of each other.
The new developed idea
To create a link between the song/music video and the mag advert and digipak I used the cut out font to portray the country side and the city. So as the title of the album is Captive city the text incorporates an image of the city, so a run down building as seen below. This is then layered on top of a natural image to represent the countryside. 

The image of the countryside surrounds the image of the city and therefore traps it much like the text which is trapping the image of the city unlike nature which is not confined to be the the shape of the text. This therefore links to the album title captive city as the city is being captured/restrained within the art work. The opacity is lowered to help the two images blend together.

Alternative images

I have also done this to a number of other images to create different effects. 

The bagman being inside the text makes him look very daunting and scary linking back to the intimidating portrayal of his character in the music video carrying on this scary image. He looks like is is peeking at the viewer through the text whole again linking to his stalker role in the video. Maybe the bagman is captive to the city. 

PHOTOSHOP: magazine advert cut out fonts 1

Photoshop to create cut out text

Inspiration

After being inspired to use the font Helvetica Neue by the 80's LA alternative venue "the clash" art work inspired from a classic Swiss design below, I then wanted to develop on it further so I came across an image of cut out text in an indie style advert using the same text but having it be a cut out of another image. 

Indie style avert

Creating a link 

So to create a link between the advert and music video I used the idea of the bag mans straw sack mask. If overlaying this on an image it looks almost like we are seeing the image from the bagman's perspective adding another dimension to the art work. 

Photoshop 

I transferred the sack effect to photoshop and using this photoshop tutorial  

I managed to cut out the release date I have decided upon out of the straw material which I can then layer on top of another image. 

Step one type the date

The date in the straw material 

The date cut out of the straw material.