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After i recieved feed back for this image, with the criticism of no ratings or stars etc; I made a start to a few little changes here and there, trying out new things, and giving myself a few different outcomes for the final image.
Firstly i knew stars was a great criticism and i knew they had to added, To begin with the stars were slightly larger, however then when looking back at i, they were almost overpowering to the small piece of font underneath. So continuing to tweak, I made the stars smaller, in keeping with the size of "NME" written underneath. I then took the colout from the small parts of red within the photo, and put it into one of the stars as shown in middle image. However, they did not look as clear, and just looked slightly tacky with a black outline. In the end I went for the small plain black stars for a more professional appearence. I then recieved further feed back after editing. The elements and the editing all recieved positive feed back, and the stars were said to "add so much more, in the sense of realism".
(Top image - Final Edit) - (Middle Image - Red Star) - (Bottom Image - Larger Stars)