FRONT COVER

Starting image of Luke, uploaded onto Photoshop.

To making to image look more like a dance magazine, and not having to cut it out and replace the background, I changed the brightness and contrast. This is feel gives the image a more techno/dance feeling through the use of colour and style.

I then, once image editing was complete, I searched for a suitable font using dafont.com. I thought this font was suitable for the target market and genre of the magazine due to the distorted, urban style.

I then realised, having not discontented the background with the image for the image to overlay the text. So using the lasso tool, I copied onto the top part of the image, which then this with overlay the text but the overall image will appear normal.

I then, using a font from dafont.com, I wrote the main headline. I found the text to be thin so used the stroke technique and added an outline to make the text bolder.

I then using the same font, to keep with the theme and create things which would look like they would be in every issue, I created a strap line situated at the top and drawn a circle using the circle tool and used the paint bucket to make it the same colour as the main headline.

I then added a new font, to create diversity, and other dance magazines do this. Adding a puff, is a different way of advertising information, adding dimensions’ to the cover and is striking for the reader to see.

I added more cover lines around the left and ride side to stick with the conventions of a magazine cover; I used the same text in the puff for this to connect each element together. I added a boarder to inject the same colour as the main headline to connect each element, also having the blue as in the questionnaire this was a popular colour.

Adding extra information, price, bar code, issue date- sticking to conventions.

I then, looking at other dance magazines, their main headline stood out a lot more than mine does. So I added a background to make it stand out and draw people’s attention in. Making the background transparent slightly makes, I feel, the overall front cover look more modern and youthful.

After thinking I was finished, I printed it out and realised the main headline and puff were too big so I resizes this and added a strap line at the bottom to add more information and stick to the conventions.

I then added the information, also adding an image to create diversity, advertising more content and create depth.