Magazine cover construction

Final Cover:

Construction:

I looked through my primary photos and decided to use a close up photo. This one was looked more professional than the rest of the close up's because her face looks more serious than the others. Also, the majority of the focus group said that they preferred close ups. In addition the music magazines I analysed used mostly close up photos and they looked much more affective. If I was to chose a long shot it would have to be a dominant pose.

Here I have brightened her make up using the brush tool, I had darkened around her eyes while zooming in to make it look less pix elated, brightened her eye shadow, blusher and lipstick. I tried to make her make up suit the colours of her clothes better by adding more red tones. I got got rid any frizz to give a sleeker image.

   

I created a triangular A for the masthead by using the selecting tool to remove the parts I didn't want.

I overlapped her over the masthead by using the select tool to delete the writing that was overwriting the image.

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Here I have experimented with different colours to see what affect they have.

This is a dark grey colour. I think the colour goes well with the picture however looks more like it would appeal to a rock genre and not a pop genre.

This is a gradient of light blue and white, however although it it suits a pop genre does not suit the image.

The second one of a red colour suits well to the image and is vibrant for a pop magazine, however also looks more of a rock genre.

The orange doesn't look attractive at all, also we know from the focus group that people didn't really find orange attractive. The second one of a gradient that consists of black and red looks really affective and goes well with the colour themes however also looks to much like rock genre colours. I think I should avoid dark colours and such as dark reds and greys as a background as they connotate to a rock genre. Lighter colours like light plums and light pinks will give away a pop genre and go with a theme.

This pink colour looks to feminine and would suit a younger target audience, it doesn't look modern enough.

I don't really like the background colour of these images because they look too edited and vibrant and would prefer a natural looking background so that it would contrast well with bright colours.

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I brightened the image. I chose this background of grey and orangey tones as I thought it would make the text stand out.

I added 'exclusive interview' in black text and ' Fatima Ahmed' in a white format using the text tool. I then added a white rectangular box using the shapes tool to back the text.

Here I used the same techniques. I added more text using the text tool and some rectangles to make the text stand out.

I created a sticker using the shape and text tool. I created two circles, one smaller than the other and put the smaller one over the larger one. I included text and used different fonts, then rotated the fonts to appear like a sticker.

I added more text - 'my year to shine' using the text tool and 'top 10 hottest songs'. I made the 10 and speech marks larger by increasing the font size.

I then added the finishing touches such as a bar code, the price and date.