3. Front Cover
From my preliminary task my skill in Photoshop
increased greatly, it’s evidenced quite obviously in my
work
As you can see my main task is neater and looks a lot
more professional. This is because I experimented a lot
with my preliminary task I discovered different functions
which allowed me to do more complex things. I.e
Shading, vibrance control and filters.
I feel like I learned how to use Photoshop to a more
professional level from my preliminary task that little
functions in Photoshop can make an overall difference
to the final product. I didn’t entirely learn how to use
Photoshop to the level I know now all from my
preliminary task as I watched videos on how to use it,
learned personally from a graphic designer, who
showed me how to use clone stamp, which looking back
now was one of my most used tools in Photoshop whilst
making my main task’s front cover.
4. Front Cover
Overall my front cover has a very clean finish,
it’s very sophisticated. This is due to me
being very competent with Photoshop. My
preliminary task was essentially me
experimenting with Photoshop, and my main
task was me knuckling down and doing it to
the best of my abilities. Hence why the
preliminary task front cover has an abstract
aspect to it. Whilst my main task’s front cover
is very professional as I’ve learnt between the
time of my preliminary task and main task
how to make it so it has that professional
look.
I found that genre was a big factor in
designing my front cover as I had to tailor it
according to the audience’s taste.
6. Contents page
Once again, my newly profound knowledge of Photoshop has
allowed me to not only produce a very professional contents
page as part as my main task. But it has also allowed me to
use Photoshop more efficiently for my DPS (Double Page
Spread)
As you can see my preliminary task contents page is very dull
and lacks a lot of colour variation. It’s very dull and had I
presented that to the students of my school. They would lose
interest straight away as the design is strongly linked to the
audience. This has allowed me some thought into the design
for my main task as it suits the target audience. The vibrant
colours are a strong part of appeal to my target audience. My
contents page is very exciting, unlike my preliminary task.
There is a strong link between the representations of my
audience in my main task contents page as the concept of
the magazine itself is that, the magazine is meant to be the
physical representation of my audience’s thoughts. Thus the
title “Connoisseur”. This is why I had to make the contents
page , front cover and DPS relatable to the audience through
the design.
7. Double Page Spread
This is what the preliminary has
helped me create as a result of the
experimentations in the preliminary
task stage.
