Photoshop Print Screens

I started the magazine cover by cropping out the background which my model was in front of.

I then resized the image by scaling it down and then I selected the area which I wanted to focus on, the upper body and arm.

I then began to edit the image using threshold, bevel and emboss, gradient overlay and drop shadow. My aim originally was to distort and keep the cover original as possible.

I then found the glowing edges tool; the image became distinctive and gave an abstract, unique feel.

This is the first draft of my cover with a title and strapline.I reduced the vibrancy of the glowing edges as I moved forward in the design of my cover. I added a bold title in the Rockbiter font, it looks like a graffiti design so maintains the urban feel but isnt harsh and off-putting. The colour white was chosen so it stood out on the black background. I designated the strapline in the top left of the magazine and used the red from the brim of the models cap as the font colour, the font itself is Opificio.

I originally had the magazine name centred and smaller in comparison to other magazines but I thought that the image dominated the cover and became the most noticeable part, so to counter this I enlarged the text and broke the line between the image and magazine name.

I then added the coverlines for the magazine in the same dark red colour but chose to use a diiferent font, Artane Elongate. In hindsight the text didnt match with the style or the genre of the magazine.

I then began to add magazine conventions to my design. The date, bar code and registration marks on the one side.

I then opened my cover in Adobe inDesign and changed the location of my bar code, changed the colour and font of my coverlines and added the registration marks which show the whole of the print.

Contents Page Print Screens

A flat plan design for my cover which drafted with minimal detail where certain things would be located.

I then inserted my editorial text and title for my double page spread. It still wasnt in the finished design, it needed to be adapted as other things were introduced to the double page spread.

I then spread the main image into my double page spread, I aimed to link the two pages together through the use of the central image, and the arm was the main linking point.

At this point I changed the colour of some of the font so that it didnt become illegible to the reader.

Also at this point, the smaller images in the bottom right were inputted and a quote from the editorial was also introduced. This quote also helped in binding the two pages together and makes them look cohesive rather then two individual pages.

The finished double page spread with the page numbers and magazine name placed at the top of the page.

Contents Page Design

When designing my contents page I had ideally used a black background to follow on from the theme from the cover. I had also placed the logos to Facebook and Twitter on the contents page so the buyers of the magazine know they can interact with the magazine online.

At this point I changed to a white background and placed the image into the page.

I then began to place in the text pieces to the page. I decided to use the blue from the models zip as the other colour in the scheme; it provided a nice contrast to the darker scheme of the cover. I chose an arrangement of 3 fonts on the cover, some professional looking and some less formal fitting the casual style and tone to the magazine.

Finished Contents Page.