Front Cover Draft.

The first image shows the draft of my magazine front cover and what I want it to look like. The second image is an 'XXL' front cover which my draft has formed its basis from. Its a direct comparison to the 'XXL' magazine with a little bity of twist, i've added my own style to the magazine I want to create and how I want it to look.

Double Page Spread Draft.

This is my draft of my double page spread and how I want it to look, it might be tweaked slightly when I publish it and how I want the finished product to look like. The second image is a double page spread on the rapper 'The |Game' not only do I want to follow the same style as this double page but I also want an image very similar to the one on the double page spread. Its quite a simple double page spread but the class is oozing out.

Draft Contents Page

 

 

My contents page will be again very similar to the magazine 'XXL' with a little bit of twist. At the bottom of the page instead of having a banner I will have a few more pictures. I am doing this because as part of the coursework you need to incorporate at least 4 pictures and I will only have 3. Apart from that I will have a picture of an artist and the information running down the left hand side of the contents page.

Contact Sheet Of Front Cover Photo's

Contact Sheet For Double Page Spread

This contact sheet shows the pictures I took for my double page spread and the picture I used and why I used it. Also shows what the original image looks like before I edited it and cropped it.

Contact Sheet For My Contents Page

 

Front Cover Of My Magazine 'Clique'

For my final production of my front cover I took so much care in the main image and how I wanted it to come across to the public. At first I had the picture in colour with a shadow around Vila (D'angelo) but with the bold red masthead I decided it looked a bit messy. The readers would not know where to look, as there was that much going on. That is why I decided to make the image black and white, with a bold red masthead, so the readers would first be drawn to the name and then with the effect I managed to do on Photoshop by lighting D'angelo up it then draws you to the photograph.
 I tried to copy the style of the magazine 'XXL' and there masthead is always the first item you look at when looking at there front covers.

I edited the photo and turned into black and white, secondly I turned up the yellow colour on the contrast which enabled me to make his skin tone lighter so he blended in with the picture. I also added a vignette using the gradient tool. Lastly I used the burn tool to enhance the shadows in certain parts of the photograph, the burn tool was at 5%, this brought out lots of his features out such as his eyes.

Originally I said my mast head was going to be the font 'Capture it' and size 72pt. I kept the font capture it as its big bold and in your face however for it took look right on my page I had to make the size 240pt. I used red as reds the same colour as the magazine 'XXL' and the colour reds meaning is power and that's exactly what hip-hop artists talk about in there music. I the used the font 'let me ride' for the words 'world exclusive'. This was in size 60pt. For the sub tittles I used the font 'orator' and they were in size of 35pt. Lastly for the word 'D'angelo' I used the font Moiser at 40pt, however there wasn't an apostrophe in that font so I cleverly cropped an apostrophe in.