2. Front cover picture
This picture is the picture that I used as my
main image on my front cover. The reason that I
used it is because of the magazines I have
researched and analysed it has similar style. It
is meant to show two famous American rappers
(Eminem and Dr. Dre). This picture is a
stereotype of rappers because they are meant
to look serious and mean with a reputation and
in this picture both character are staring into the
camera, almost as if they are trying to intimidate
the audience but also to grab their attention and
entice them into buying the magazine
I applied the background image and cut out the original background
to make it look like the two were on stage. The background image
was taken in the Leeds 02 arena by a class friend of mine when they
went to go see a gig there. I asked the what kind of pictures to take
to ensure I had a background I could use. Both of the character in the
picture are crossing their arms and standing with their sides to each
other as though they are equal but are both on a slant as though they
don’t trust each other.
3. Changes to the front cover
I had to change the background to my
magazine because the images from the 02
arena were not working with my image. I
changed my plans and took images of my
schools music studio and applied a black and
white affect to bring out the front two
characters so they really stood out. With this I
had to change my title so it would stand out
too because this is one of the most important
this of the magazine. I added outer glow,
inner glow, bevel and emboss, gradient
overlay and stroke as affects.
This is the original image I took.
4. My double page spread
I took this picture based on a picture
that I have seen the artist doing that
it is based on (Rihanna). This is the
main image on my double page
spread so I took it in mind that it
should stand out an be s strong
picture. No Photoshop was needed
on this image as when taking the
picture I used a white background
so she would stand out.
5. Contents page images
This is a picture of who my original
image character was based on
(Eminem). I then look through pictures
of him and found that his general pose
was staring into the camera with a
serious look on his face almost as if to
be intimidating the audience. This is
what I tried to portray in my image by
getting him to star into the camera.
