2. Original photo
What I did:
Took a photo of a student in a typical
school surrounding for my main image.
Why:
I decided to take this photo because it
illustrated a school scenario – a student
socialising with his friends in a typical
school environment. When taking the
photo I decided to have the school
cafeteria and a dim looking wall in the
background to illustrate the true reality of
school. By having a grungy wall and
background it also helped to express the
negative view of returning to school after
a summer holiday.
3. 1st Edit
What I did:
Colour corrected (enhancing the image)
the main photo of the student/school
scene background.
Why:
I colour corrected the image to make it
more visual appealing and to bring out
the colours that were lost in the photo. I
decided on a ‘warm’ colour correction as
it bought out the red colours in the coat.
4. 2nd Edit (Part 1)
What I did:
I duplicated the picture layer making the
duplicate greyscale. After this I just erased
the coat making the coat the only
coloured element of the picture.
Why:
For my photo I wanted to create a positive
and negative theme. The positive being
the new freedom of clothing, the negative
being a new hard school year. By making
the school black and white it gave it a
‘negative’ atmosphere. I decided I would
have colour on the coat because it gave
the magazine a more professional touch.
Furthermore, it made the model stand out
from the background.
5. 2nd Edit (Part 2)
What I did:
I cropped the magazine to A4 size using
the crop tool and the measurements
297mm x 210mm
Why:
Most magazines are of an A4 size, so I
wanted to make my magazine as ‘normal’
as possible in this aspect. Also, by
cropping my image straight away it
allowed me to have all my text and
images the appropriate size.
6. Main heading text
What I did:
Added a masthead with my magazine
title ‘School Style’. To the text I added a
white stroke outline and a red gradient
colour effect.
Why:
For my main heading text (after much
experimentation) I decided to use the
‘Franklin gothic heavy font’. Since the
magazine was intended for school
children I choose not to use a ‘formal
font’, hence why the font I choose looks
basic and remotely childish.
I wanted my text to synergise well with my
image, to do this I needed to make a
‘colour palate’(colours that work
together) that I could use. The majority of
colour on the cover was from the coat in
the main image. I decided to use the
colour picker tool to select a dark red and
a lighter red colour from the coat and
made it into a gradient for the text.
I decided to use a white stroke (text
outline) to make the image stand out from
the background so that it could be read
easier.
7. Adding body text
What I did:
Added sell lines to the magazine cover. I
also added a peel off sticker with a sell
line.
Why:
Firstly I added a peel off sticker effect to
my magazine cover. I did this so that the
slightly unusual nature of the sticker would
draw peoples attention to my magazine.
Furthermore, it gave the magazine an
almost professional look. In this sticker I
included the slogan for the issue ‘new
year, new fashion’.
I wanted to go for a simple sell line text
design as most magazines do the same.
With my colour palette in mind I used the
colour pinch tool to select a lighter red
from the coat. To make the text stand out
from the background (as the colours were
light and so was the background) I added
a stroke and drop shadow to the text. I
used the same font as the title, ‘franklin
gothic heavy font‘ to keep a similar theme
throughout the magazine.
