Cover Page Construction

Magazine Name Edits 

This is how my magazine title started out. I had not edited it at this point, I had only written the title and changed the font and the size.

I then changed the colour of my magazine to try and suit the background I had chosen. I had gone over many options, for example this blue one which gave the idea for a florescent and high colour background.

I used the paint fill in tool to colour the background of the letters.

I then decided, because of having a faded purple background, that maybe a light pink colour would suit the theme and also suit the colours of my background. This doesn't look enough though, it looks unprofessional and childish so I decided to add more.

I decided that adding a shadow and a bevel to the writing would make it more 3D and would make it stand out more. This is better because it makes it one of the most eye-catching things on the page. 

Then I came up with the style and the formation of the title, put all the finishing touches to the design and came up with this. i used this colour scheme and the bubble look to create  fun look to the magazine, as you can see the colours are very girly and bright with will reach out to my younger audience. 

Background Colour Edits

At first I wasn't going to have a background but decided it looked too plain. I couldn't have a background that is to bright because it would be over powering so I went for a more subtle and faded colour.

I first thought that maybe a light pale blue would be the right colour but it faded to much into the main picture of the magazine and it didn't look right as it over powered the magazine.

I then decided to maybe use a warm pink but again it clashed with the main picture. The skin tones on the 3 main peoples' faces were a similar colour to this when it was properly edited.

I then decided to go with a very light purple; it would match the theme of the magazine and the colour tones I intended to put in.

Main Picture Edits 

I cropped out that black background first because I decided that it didn't look right with the kind of magazine I was making. To do this I used the magnetic lasso tool. I then tipped the picture round and made it the correct size for the page, and I also lightened the colour of the image and made the paint brighter; with the original picture it looked too dark and dull for the type of magazine. I did this using the quick edit tool, upping the saturation and lowering the brightness.

As seen below; 

'Misfits' Edits 

This is my first trial idea for my front page. I used my own pictures of my class mates and took the idea of the layout from other magazines.

I decided the fonts were hard to read and too dark for the type of magazine so I made them into a thinner font and changed the colours to the colour themes on the magazine.

Also the name of the band does need to be the most bold part of the page but it was again boring and dark so I decided to make the name of the band lighter, thinner and bigger. I also replaced it on the page.

this shows the changes i have made to the title, i used the text tool and i made the same title in the dame way twice but just changed the colour of one, this gives the effect of a shadow. and highlights the band name.

This shows my final magazine cover. As you can see I have changed the colour and the style of text to highlight it more and match it more to the theme of the magazine. 

I have changed the band name to highlight what the main story of the magazine will be.

After this I went back to look at my front cover and thought that something wasn't right about the band name; the colours are to similar and don't add any effect to the name of the band, so I decided to take out one of the pieces of writing and changed the colour to a colour more vibrant and outstanding. 

This shows my finished magazine. 

I used photoshop to create my front cover, I used a lot of different techniques and processes to create this cover, I used things like the magnetic crop tool, the fill tool and the text tool to create the images shown above. This magazine meets the needs of my audience because of the colour, the style guidance and the offers inside  i think this is all appropriate to the age and the sex my audience is intended for. 

I did a number of photo shoots, some with a group and some alone, I picked my models and all of the photos i used for my magazine I held the camera for my photo.