This is the front cover that I designed for my college magazine. I created it in Photoshop. To make the magazine, In firstly took the picture in front of a blank white screen, allowing me to easily crop the background. I then added a blue, gradient background, before resizing and cropping the image, in order to get a medium close-up shot. I then used the shape function of Photshop, in order to create the coloured boxes for my articles and other information. The fonts I chose to use were all from DaFont, and I chose them because I felt that they were well suited for a college magazine.
Some areas of this magazine turned out well. The main cover image was successful, as it was a medium close-up (which was part of the brief criteria), and I was able to crop it because I took it in front of a blank white screen. The fonts I used also worked well, as they were interesting and unique, standing out and helping to add to the overall professionalism of the magazine. The colours I used worked well because they were consistant, but contrasted with each other, making them stand out more, and helping the magazine to look more professional. The layout I used was professional and used convetions of college magazines. All of the editing of images went successfully, and the end results looked professional. I also managed to include all the conventions of a magazine cover, and meet the specifications of the brief criteria.
To make my magazine cover better, I could have made better use of the space available on the page, as the cover had quite a bit of blank space that I could have made better use of by filling with more information. I could have also made the main cover line stand out more from the background, helping to draw the reader's attention to it straight away, so that they would know what the magazine was about. I could have also used more lighting when taking my original image, so it would be brighter, and there would be less shadows on the image.
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