MEDIA FRONT COVER FINAL

Introduction - Bio

My name is paul roberts and im 18. I am creating a magazine and documenting my progress on blogger of the different stages. I will be uploading drafts and analysing magazing covers of my chosen genre which is rock/metal. This genre focuses on a darker colour scheme and different trends in terms of clothes etc.. i will try to base myne around this steretype.

Contents Page Progress - #2

I had a change of plan with the contents and re arranged around alot of the ideas i first had and made it like this. Still need to add some pictures and possibly more colour

Contents Page Progress - #1

I started my contents page like this. It didnt take as long because id used photoshop for the front cover so i had more of an idea. I used a brush effect which i did manually to create the cross brush effect. Then adding fireworks to the beggining of the work competition. Again to add more visual than texte based.

Front Cover Progress #4

Proceeding this i added additional headings to this which made the magazine come together. Again seperating the main details with the less important details through the size of font ad colour

Front Cover Progress #3

Following the previous one i placed a fire background beneath the 'win' layer and drawn a shape over the top. Then i carefully used the eraser on 200% zoom to outline the fire so it looked part of the shape. Initially it was a square of fire.

Front Cover Progress #2

Next I worked on the bottom of the magazine. I found a design with the shape tools then added a line to box the bottom half section seperate. Then placed a barcode and various bands in different fonts to the bottom. Again adding effects to them.

Finally I added a competition idea to the page with confetti at the end of the text to create the idea more visually than just text.

Front Cover Progress #1

I thought of a name for the magazine and experimented with different photoshop tools to creat the title/ effect. Also making sure the font was specific to my genre choice

I then added a puff to capture attention and begin to fill up the free space on the page

Cover Idea With Use Of Effects On Photoshop