FINAL DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

This is my final double page spread. I removed the heart logo as it was pointless, and instead created a two-column interview rather than one, to fill up further space. I kept the same image to link it to the front cover and also added the title of the magazine in the top left corner to anchor it to the publication. I also kept the same font for the front cover 'Ellen Louise' and the word 'Astronaut' to link it further, and finally added an advertisement for her album at the bottom of the page.

FINAL CONTENTS PAGE

This is my final contents page. Mainly, I added more images to the contents page to show a larger variety of what is included in my magazine. I placed the original front cover image on this page, as I wanted the cover image to link to the double page spread, not the double page spread picture to link to the contents page. I kept the colour scheme to black, white and red again to continue the theme, added page numbers to the images to show which pages they will appear on, and as I want this to be an every two week publication, had an accurate amount of page numbers for a biweekly magazine. 

FINAL FRONT COVER

 This is my final front cover for my music magazine. I did some alterations, for example I changed the image - this was to make my magazine link together more successfully. I thought the other image made the front cover look like a different magazine, so I am using this image for anchorage to the double page spread interview. I moved the masthead layer on Photoshop so that the 'Uproar' text is behind the image, which is a typical convention for music magazines. I included essential information, such as the bar code, date and magazine website. I kept the colours to a minimum, for example the black and white, and the small red in the top right corner - this is to add anchorage to the rest of the magazine. I included an 'also in this issue' section to work as a coverline, as I did not want many placed around the page. This will link to the contents page and hopefully entice readers.

PHOTOSHOP PROGRESS 6/3/14

This week I created my front cover. I uploaded the masthead that I had drawn and scanned and placed it on a black background. To get the photo infront of the masthead, I simply moved the layers. I wanted it infront as it is typical for magazines to do this. I wanted a white border around the image to link it to the coverline and masthead. The grey box which supports the bottom coverlines is a darker white as I wanted to vary it as it is less significant than the coverlines and masthead as it is just a background colour. I added essential info such as barcode/price as this is important to add to a magazine cover. I used black and white for contrast, so that my magazine would stand out.

PHOTOSHOP PROGRESS 28/2/14

For my front cover, I wanted the masthead to be an original font, to make it stand out. To achieve this, I drew the font I wanted by hand and then scanned it into the computer. When I first scanned it, I had only drawn it in pencil, so it wasn't visible. Therefore, I had to draw it again with a marker, which made it more prominent and noticable. I then inverted the colours on Photoshop, as I wanted the text white, and the background black - this is because the background for my front cover is black. To finish off, I smoothed the edges with a paint brush as they were slightly pixelated, and placed it at the top of the cover.

The font I have drawn almost looks as though it is dripping, and has a slime effect, I drew it this way to fit the genre of the magazine and make it different to other mastheads on other magazines.

PHOTOSHOP PROGRESS 14/2/2014

This week, I created my double page spread.

To begin with, I wanted to choose a sort of theme for the article, so I chose science, space, and what Ellen studied in school/college. This linked to the masthead 'I wanted to be an astronaut...' and how this is a pull quote from the article, similarly, I used a pun/joke as the tagline, 'The singer who wanted to be on top of the world - now she's on top of the charts!' I kept the colour scheme quite simple, with dark red (to match her dress), black and white. After writing the article, it became apparent that there was large white space that I wanted to get rid of, so I placed a heart there, by using 'custom shapes'. I also added an outer glow, to link it to the outer glow on 'astronaut. To finish off, I added a page number and a box at the bottom to give information about the album and release date. I plan on starting my front cover as soon as possible.

PHOTOSHOP PROGRESS 04/02/2014

I began with the photo I am using for my double page spread. I used the quick selection tool to cut around the model and to delete the background, however once the background was gone, you could still see gaps of it through the hair. To resolve this, first I tried to use the magic wand tool/quick selection tool to delete it, however the flicks of hair you can see in the image beside the blue gaps looked strange, so I used a youtube tutorial to find out how I can make the hair look realistic however so the background was gone. Here is the youtube tutorial. Once the hair was smooth enough so that it still looked realistic, I used the eraser tool to erase the hair that is seen flicking out at the side beside the background gaps. You can see this in the finished edit:

 

 

 

The reason you can't see the other arm etc is because this is how I would like it to look on my double page spread, so beside the image on the left is where the columns of text would be. In addition to this editing, I also used the clone stamp tool to airbrush the image.