2. FRONT COVER
During the process of deciding my logo, I had come up
with a number of logos before I decided to stick with
N-hits. The ‘N’ stands for nation. The reason why I
chose to have a capital N on the front cover is because
N stands for nation, therefore the audience is instantly
informed that the magazine consists of a number of
international singers. I've chosen the colors red, gold,
and lastly white simply because they don’t make the
audience assume the magazine is only aimed at a certain
age group/gender, alongside the the N which is bright
and has a large font, instantly attracts the audience
attention, alongside compliments the gold besides it.
The reason I chose to put “nation hits world’s exclusive”
in a smaller font is because once the audience read the
obvious writing such as the large N-hits, they're eyes are
instantly then going to go on to the small font above it.
Below is the new logo I had created, during the process
of altering my front cover page.
3. CHOOSING THE MAIN PICTURE
FOR MY FRONT COVER
I took a variety of pictures of
my music artist however i
decided to Photoshop the first
image. The reason why i chose
the first one is because it’s a
close up alongside the
background was all black
whereas with the other three
images there was too many
color's in the background.
4. When altering my front cover page, I
decided to change the male I used for
my previous front cover. The new
model had a complete different look in
terms of posture, colours of outfit,
however I believe he was able to
maintain the toughness/gangster look
which gives the audience a slight hint
regarding the genre, as seen in my
previous model. On the right hand
side, I have added a few images of the
pictures I had taken, and the one I
chose overall for my front cover page.
NEW PICTURES
Chosen image
5. EDITING THE MAIN
IMAGE
My main image I used is the
image placed on the left. I used
the app of Photoshop, adding
brightness to the image
alongside colored the t-shirt to
a brighter red. I also edited the
background to a dark
purple/black color. The reason
I done this is because I felt it
bought more emphasis to my
music artists face, alongside
concentrated on his hand
posture.
6. LOGO AND IMAGE
I first decided to use the
image on the left, however
after choosing a picture for
my content page, I realized
the picture on the left didn't’t
blend in with the content
page, in terms of the pose.
Therefore I decided to use
the picture on the right, and
that to a male, seeing as I've
used a female for the content
page, alongside the magazine
is based on the world hits,
therefore crucial to have
both male and female.
7. USING QUARK
In order to create the front cover,
I used the program, “QUARK”. I
used a variety of fonts. For the
title I used two fonts. For the
capital “N” I used stensil std,
simple so it looks big and bold.
For “hits” I used nekton pro bold.
For the subheadings I changed the
font to bold italic, simply because
I want the title to stand out from
the rest. I also used a range of
font sizes from as little as 12 to
210.
Furthermore in terms of
purchase, I decided to give my
magazine the pricing of £2.99,
simply because its an affordable
price, and appealing.
MODE OF ADRESS:
the fact my model
isn't looking at the
camera, and the
colors red, black
and gold used
represents love,
passion, wealth etc.
8. During the process of
adjusting my front cover,
as mentioned previously,
I changed the model.
However the editing of
the image didn't’t differ
from the previous main
image. For this image,
with the help of quark, I
increased the brightness
and contrast, alongside
used the magnetic tool to
cut around the image,
and add a black ground
rather than the original
grey background as
shown on the right.
EDITING THE MAIN IMAGE
Original Edited
9. QUARK TOOLS
I used the a number off
different fonts with the
help of measurements tool.
I also used it to change the
font sizing, and to make
certain writing bold, in
order to stand out.
I also used the colors
tool, in order to use a
variety of colors for the
background, title,
subheadings etc.
I used the tool bar
in order to insert
text, in different
areas of the cover.
I also used picture
content tool in
order add
Photoshop
pictures.
10. PHOTOSHOP
Photoshop was used to
edit the main front cover
image, alongside the cover
and double page spread
image. The only tools used
on Photoshop were the
colour,
brightness/contrast,
magnetic tool to cut
around images, and lastly
the filler for background to
edit the colour of the
background.
