The student originally used a picture of their model for the front cover but felt the background did not look professional or suit the hip-hop genre. They tried adding a train track background but received feedback that it did not fit. They then used a black and white picture of buildings which they felt suited it better. Creating the contents page was easier once they gained more skills in Photoshop and changed images, fonts, and added effects like shadows to make each item stand out.

1. To develop my front cover, I originally used the picture
of my model. But I thought the background did not look
professional or suit my genre. At first I thought to add a
train track in the background to make it look industrial. I
had feedback that it did not look like hip-hop at all. I
decided to use another picture in black and white of
buildings and I feel that it suited it better. My cover lines
are bold and I used a colour picker to make the
magazine have a colour scheme. I also had to resize my
model as the overall magazine looked better with a
close up instead of a medium long shot.
At the start, I found using Photoshop difficult as I had
ideas that I could not recreate because I lacked skills.
After using it and getting help I feel more confident with
the program.

2. Creating a contents page was slightly easier for me. I had to change one of my
images because they did not suit the genre. I made the background darker and
added a border later on to show alignment within the page. I made the cover
lines glow and put them in different fonts to make it look more interesting. I
figured out that font makes a difference within the page because it looks
unappealing without the variety. At the end of the contents production, I added
outer shadows to make each feature stand out-especially the main cover line.