Project Monitoring Week 5

I have started to create my front cover. I edited the picture to highlight certain colours through selective colouring and levels layers and also retouched the image so it would be suitable for my genre and creates a window into the future self. I then cut the picture down to fit on a canvas which I measured using magazines of my genre so it is an appropriate size. After I put the image on the canvas instead of adding the masthead, I instead decided to add my headlines so I can get more of an idea how the masthead should look because when I tried during the masthead first, it was hard to imagine if it would look professional or not. The colour them I decided to do was a limey green and pastel blue because although they are an odd mix of colours they are both fashionable and created a nice contrast and made my product look more original to set it apart from others in the genre. I create mutiple files incase I did lose one I would be able to retrace my steps and not start again. The only real difficulties I had in creating my product was making sure the headlines fit on my cover because my model is in an awakard pose for positioning my headlines so I had to use a variety of techniques such as drop shadows and stroke to make my headlines stand out against my model. I modelled my magazine on a real magazine in my genre so it would look professional and look like a women's lifestyle magazine and also appeal to my audience. Here is my cover with just headlines added.

 I added magazine conventions such as the barcodes and prices again to make it look professional and real. I also added my masthead because now I had a better idea of what my cover would like and I would be able to better judge where my masthead should be. After I added the masthead, I then placed it behind her head and erased the parts where her head is to create a more professional look.

After I created my front cover, I then went onto creating my contents page. I downloaded brushes and patterns off deviantart because I wanted to make my magazine look original from others in the genres but also to make my magazine look more feminine and like a women's lifestyle magazine. I created the header for my contents page on photoshop because I felt I had more freedom on photoshop and could experiment more easily on photoshop.

However for my actual contents page, I used indesign because I wanted columns and indesign would be the easier program. I used two images from my photoshoots (Death by Fashion and The Evolution of Style) and edited them to highilights the blues of my images so it would fit with the blues of my contents page and added the article titles on the images to make it look more original and youthful for my audience because itis unusual and draws their eyes.

I then added a letter to the editor because I had a lot of blank space on my page and I needed to fill it up so I wrote a quick letter to the editor and just placed it in the space. However although I didn't plan for this, I still think it works well and fits in nicely.

After I had finished these two aspects of my product, I made  the changes to my Anti Social Network layout. I had kept the feedback I received from my mock-ups which gave me a good idea on what I needed to change. Fortunately, I did not have to change too much from my original mockup. I edited my images which was the most complicated aspect because I had to add all these different aspects together.

Luckily they all fitted in quite well and was easier than I expected but still took a long time to perfect. After I placed my image into my DPS which was again quite easy to do, I had to edit my breakout box. I sourced an IM chat bubble from the internet and edited it on Photoshop to go with my colour scheme. I then copied them on my layout mutiple times and switched them around accordingly. I then just moved my text from my original breakout box into my new ones.