media

1. Screen shots of progress II
Front Cover

2. To start my front cover I wanted a
plain background that I can build
up different skills and techniques
on. I used the paint bucket tool to
add the colour black onto the
blank white page. I selected the
colour black because black is a
plain colour which you can put any
colours onto.

3. To create my mast head I used the type
tool and the eraser tool. Firstly I typed the
title ‘UNPLUGGED’ in the colour white. I
used the font colour of white so it would
stand out against the black background. I
used the eraser tool so I could put a
cracking effect in the title, I used brush 68
to do this with. I also added I blue line on
the top and on the bottom of the mast
head as I thought that it brought the mast
head together.

4. I then took a photo and used the
colour balance tool to make the tone
of the picture a more blue ton rather
than a yellow ton. I did this so the
tone of the picture matched the blue
on the masthead. To cut the picture
out I used the quick selection tool. It
took me a while to get used to this
tool so I practice before I used it on
my final product.

5. I then added text above my headline. I
decided to add an statement, this tells
them that they have free posters inside.
I added this in as it fills the space in at
the top of the mast head. The font
colour is white for the same reason as
why the masthead is white, so it stands
out against the black background.

6. The next thing I did was I added some
boxes to put text in. I kept to the colour
scheme of blue and black because I like
how everything matched, this also makes
the magazine eye-catching. I used the
rectangle tool to complete this section of
my front cover. I used different sized
shapes so I could put a range of sized text
onto them, this makes the front cover
look more interesting. To make two of the
boxes look broken I used the eraser tool
and brush 134, this gave the front cover a
rebel kind of look, which a metal/punk fan
would be looking for. I know this from my
own experience of a metal/punk fan.

7. After making the boxes I added text on
top of them using the type tool. I added
a new colour to brighten up the
magazine. This was the colour yellow.
The fonts go from small to large because
it adds a eye-catching effect to the front
cover. I decided to put the text on the
right hand side in the bottom corner
because it still make the image visible. I
also added the effect of using the eraser
again so it blends into the boxes making
it all look like its together.

8. I got a barcode off a previous Kerrang
magazine. I did this by using the quick
selection tool to cut it out and lace it
onto my front cover. I placed it on the
left hand side at the bottom because
that is usually where you would find a
barcode, at the bottom. The barcode
includes the date, price and issue of the
magazine. This makes my front cover
look professional as it is from a
professional magazine.

9. I then added some rectangles using
the rectangle tool. I placed them of
the left hand side as this is where you
would usually find sub-headings of
what is inside the magazine. I then
placed text above and on top of the
rectangles that stated somethings you
would find inside the magazine. I kept
to the colour scheme of blue, black,
white and yellow so nothing looked
out of place.

10. I then added more text on the
left hand. Where I was adding
the text there is an important
part of my image, this was her
hand which she made into a
rock symbol, I didn’t want to
add any more boxes because
that would cover it so to make
in still look effective I used the
stroke tool which made an
outline around the text to
make it stand out.

11. Finally I added a bar at the
bottom using the rectangle tool
and added text on top of it using
the type tool. To keep to the
style I used the eraser tool and
brush 134 to add this style.