Final Front Cover

This is my first final front cover. The colours on my cover are red, black and white. I chose these colours because they match what the model is wearing and go well together. The colours can be easily read and stand out against the black background.
My masthead is called 'Emperor'. I chose this name because it makes the magazine seem important. I did the font of the masthead in a graffiti style as it matches the genre of the mag zine and some of the context inside. I also did this font style on the 'Bonafyde' lettering showing some connection between them.
On top of the masthead, I positioned a crown on as the text anchors this image. I changed the saturation and hue of the image to make it more shiny and stand out against the text and the background.
I changed the character spacing on publisher on the strap lines to make them tighter and Kern them more. This makes it better visually as there are not as many gaps in between letters.
my strap lines on the right fit around my image and on the left go slightly over. this balances out the cover as the image is slightly to the left so i put more strap lines on the right.

Final Double Page Spread

This is the double page spread for my magazine. One side is an image and the other side is text.

I have used an original image on the left habd side but layering an already exsisting image. I added an equalizer to the exsisting image and a glow around the edge of the original image to make it stand out. I made this glow by using the paintbrush tool and changing the brush style. i changed the colour to white and went around the edges of the layer, using more brush on areas than others.

On the text side, i have used to same font for the masthead as the front cover for the artists name and band. I have used green and white for my colours on a black background as these stand out. I also used green as there is a green glow on the image and the colours then match. I have set the text out in 3 coloumns and broken down the middle column by a quote from the artist. I have also put the artists signature at the end of the interview as this makes it more personal to the reader.

image for double page spread

This is my image for the double page spread.

It is of the same person on the front cover but a back shot. I did this image because it shows the writing on the jacket I deliberately chose.

I cut out the image on photoshop and left in a hint of green as my text on the double page spread will be this colour. The image will be over a background.

contents

This is my final contents page.

I have used an image of my friend on a motorbike. The background has been made and I did this by taking an image of a brick wall and putting graffiti over it using downloaded brushes on photo shop. The graffiti is in all different colours and shapes. I lowered the opacity of the brick wall and layered the graffiti over it. I then placed the image over them layers.

I did the text in publisher but the masthead was made on the Internet and downloaded and inserted into the document.

I made the text colour green and white because the green goes with the graffiti. the white also stands out against the wall and can be easily read. I added red arrows the the stories which are on the front cover to make it easy for the reader to recognize what is an exclusive. I made these arrows red to match the colour of the bike.

I then took a picture of my trainers. I cut around them in photo shop and put them on my contents page. Using the brush tool, I added to the laces and made them wrap around the text. The black and yellow also match the graffiti colours.

ideas

from this image, i want to use the chair idea. i want my model to be sittin on a chair on the front cover. the chair will be black but not as noticable.

from this image, i want to use the background. i want the background to be all black with a touch of white so it shines on the image.

Hip Hop magazine double page spread

the double page spread of HHC had 2 main images. they are placed at the bottom of the both pages and are medium close ups or closeups. the main colours used are black, white and red. the text is written in columns and the page titles stand out aas they have a background colour around them.

Hip Hop magazine contents page

the contents page of HHC is mainly orange and brown. the text is in white and this stands out against the dark background. the image is a medium close up. the contents page is quite plain and straight to the point.