Looking at Fonts and Layouts

We were given a set phrase and information that we had to organise using alignment and symmetry.

I started by coming up with this design, I wanted to use the colour gold as the word 'Golden' seemed key however with a white background, it just didn't stand out, the second I converted the background to back, it looked instantly better. Then obvious choice for the second colour was white as nothing else matched the gold or stood out enough from the black. This is my finished result:

After looking at this, I thought I would work on another example that looks more at using alignment and grids and focusing on the technical aspects rather than looking at colour and aesthetics. Below you can see what the end result was. Using the grid mode on Photoshop, I was able to add my text and align it so that when the grid mode is removed, it looks as though there is an invisible line running down the left hand side.