Production Experiments

1. Production Experiments
Thomas Dickinson

2. Process
The first thing I did while making my
magazine was choose a background
colour, I chose a cyan blue because of the
water theme. Then I chose a font and a
name for my fishing magazine. For the
title I chose fishing weekly as it’s quite a
common name but it sounds professional.
Afterwards, I used the font “Childs hand”
as I thought it was easy to look it and
wouldn’t disrupt the fishing theme.

3. Process
The next thing I added was
water, more specifically a wave
because my idea was to make
someone fish while surfing. This
wave was the best quality and it
was facing the direction I
wanted it to for my idea. I
wanted a guy surfing and fishing
on the front cover because I
wanted a design that’d be
unmissable and be interesting.

4. Process
Shortly after, I added a fish icon
that looked like it was jumping
over the “W”. I originally had the
fish jumping over the “L” in
weekly but I wanted it to be
central so people wouldn’t miss it.
I also wanted to have the logo as a
crucial ingredient of the
magazine. Then, I added a
barcode as all magazines have
barcodes therefore making it look
official.

5. Process
After, I added the man surfing while
fishing because it was an essential part
of my design. I looked for a full body
image of a man fishing so I could put
him on the surfboard no problem.
Cutting the white background out from
behind him wasn’t easy. I used the
quick selection tool to cut as close to
him as possible and then I erased all the
white edges with the eraser. I couldn’t
find a good quality realistic surfboard
laid horizontally for him to surf on so I
settled for a cartoon one which I prefer
anyway.

6. Process
I started adding articles in the
empty spaces as I didn’t want to
make my magazine boring to
look at. I decided to make one
about the man surf fishing just
to normalise it and to fit it into
the magazine. The second article
title was just something fun I
thought you wouldn’t read in a
serious magazine. Then with the
last article I made it allude to a
carp because I had lots of space
left and wanted to add extra
things.

7. Process
One of the final things I did was
adding an image of a carp because of
one of the prior articles. I put the
image of the carp at the bottom of
the page as I had lots of unused
space there and wanted something
to catch attention. I also included an
advert as that’s something common
in fishing magazines. The advert is on
the left side of the page to use the
last of the free space. I accompanied
the advert with an image of the
product itself to give readers an idea
of what they were reading about.

8. Reflection
• What elements of your experiments will you
include in your final product? I’ll definitely use
a similar layout in my final product, with the
title at the top and the articles at the side. I
will also add a barcode to make it more
professional and like something you could
feasibly see in a shop. The last element I will
carry over into my final product will be using a
logo to add to the brands identity and
individuality.