Ideas and thought processes for my magazine cover

First of all, I clicked some photos for my music magazine. The photos I took included a blue electronic guitar, as I wanted the front cover to include an instrument object.

My pictures that I took were from a peer. I wanted her to wear something that was either red and black, as my chosen colors to use in the magazine were red, black and white, as my chosen institution 'NME' also uses 3 colors.

Process of my Music Magazine cover

This is the original photo I took.

First of all, I started with getting the image sorted, therefore I erased some of the background from the left. I made her face a little lighter from her cheek, as it was a black shade.

In the blank/ white space, I added the cover-lines their, therefore the left hand side did not look blank, also 'NME'  add the features of their magazine in a style down, on the left hand side, therefore it is clearer to read.

I made a rounded circle for my sell line '30 greatest hits', I located in  a circular shape as it provides encouragement for the reader to look beyond the magazine cover, it allows the reader to view the other features used to make the magazine sell. The red circle, contrasts with the black background, as red is bright compared to the dark color, it attracts the readers attention.





Firstly, I chose to draw out a elipse tool, this allowed me to get a base for my sell lone, I then filled the color red, as i wanted it to fit the colors I chose (red, black and white), I chose red, as my background on the top, right hand side was black, therefore needed a bright color. I then chose the stroke to be black, therefore black and red made a good color combination, as it was  contrast of a dark and bright color, which fitted well together.

A change that I made

To conclude, this is my music magazine cover.




















Process of my contents page


The original photo that I took for my contents page.

I eliminated the right hand side, this was so that her face and Gosha holding the guitar was noticed, as it's a music contents page.

Photoshop wasn't used on this image, as I wanted the image to be natural.

For my masthead of the contents page, I used the font 'Eras Medium ITC', this gave my contents page a bold look, because the letters are in capitals. I chose red font and black font, as red and black go together as a good color combination. I chose to do red for the lexis 'Gosha', as the 'Band Index' is in a black font, therefore red was needed to contrast on the  left hand side, therefore it will catch the readers attention.

For my cover lines, I used the font called 'Stencil std', this was so that the cover lines would stand out i a bold font, the font of the cover lines is in capitals, therefore follows the conventions of a magazine contents page.

The point of using ' stencil std', is because it's a font that imitates cut out stencils, therefore it commands attention. The font ' stencil std' was founded by Gerry Powell in 1937.

I used a rectangle background behind the text, as the background was of the artists image, therefore the black text was camouflaging with the black background, therefore the white rectangle was used to make the black text stand out.

My cover line is black and white, therefore the contrast allows the cover line to stand out, as black and white are a good combination. White suggests  purity and innocence, while black suggests a sinister, dark color. The shape of the cover line was a  rectangle, then I used the eraser tool to make a circle, therefore it looks like the letter 'c'.

To conclude, this is my contents page.


















Process of My Double page Spread

This is the original photo.

I used the pen tool to get rid off the background because the background of the image I took didn't have anything to do with music.

In order to get rid off the background, I used the pen tool which allowed me to draw a path, then allowed anchor point adjustments that allows you to get rid of the part you don't want. every time I clicked, I created  a anchor point. To make a straight line, I held down shift, and then I moved the mouse, and clicked on the screen, therefore created a straight line with the last anchor point.

I used the font 'OCR A extended' for my text on the double page spread. I used this font because it gave the dps a professional look.  The 'OCR A extended font' was founded because there was a need for a font that could be recognized by both  - computers and humans. By using the 'OCR A extended' font, meant using simple, thick strokes to form the text. The font is mono spaced, which means that the font has a fixed width, therefore it's easier for the reader to read the text. The font was released in 1968, and commissioned by American National Standards (some background info).

I used three text boxes in order to make an article on the artist 'Gosha'. I kept extended my paragraphs, therefore I left the background plain so my writing was visible, as black and white are part of my colors I chose.

To conclude, this is my double page spread.