olivia

1. Olivia Cotterell

2. This is where I brought my masthead in from ‘Dafont’. I chose to have a
bold and striking masthead which is the reason why I chose for it to be
red. I used a various range of tools like the quick selection tool and magic
wand tool to cut around the letters and take out the background.

3. This is the photograph I took for my main image for my front cover. I took it in the
media room and used coloured light filters to create a dramatic effect. I then also
started to play around with the colouring on the image to give it a more rocky
look. Also I put the masthead layer on the top of the main image layer so that its
over the top of the image.

4. I started to use the quick selection tool to cut around the background of my
image so that I can remove it.

5. As the original image had a very blue and purple background I struggled to
cut around all parts of the image (like in between her hair) so I started to try
and find a background colour that was similar to the blue colour that was
originally there. This was going to be a difficult task as my drawn draft of my
front cover I planned for the background to be a very light colour or white.

6. I decided that that picture before was going to become to difficult to use without
ruining the photograph. This time I didn’t use any coloured lighting filters so that
the image didn’t have that purply effect to it. This would make the image easier to
work with and looks of better quality too. So again I started using the quick
selection tool to cut around the image so that I could remove the background.

7. I then started to use the
eraser tool to neaten up
the edges around my
models body so that it
completely removes the
background . This would
make my image look a lot
neater which will also
help when I am editing
the background that there
are no random patches of
blue.

8. After erasing the background, this is what my image looked like. This was
my base that I was going to start to work off.

9. I then started to slightly edit the colouring of the background so that it
wasn’t so pure white. I think with a slightly more grey look to it, it looks
better and the slight imperfections at that current time weren’t so obvious.

10. I then used ‘Dafont’ again to get a gory type font for my main cover line. I used
it for all three words to create ‘The Evil Eva’. After I had transferred the words
over and edited them so that they have cut the original background out, I
started to change the colour on them so that they were red. I chose the colour
red because it suits my theme, it matches the masthead and it is bold.

11. I uploaded my first
secondary image on to
photoshop so that it could be
apart of my ‘6 amazing
posters’. Once it was opened
in a new tab, I dragged it on
top of my magazine front
cover so that it was on that
page instead.
I then used the scale tool to
downsize the image as it was
way to big.
Finally I added a stroke so
that there was a boarder
around my image so it stood
out more on the page and it
looked neater.

12. I then started to rotate the posters at the top of my front cover because that is
how I planned them on my drawn draft and how they’re set out on the
magazine that I was working off.

13. This was just opening more images to add on to my front
cover.

14. I added a stroke to all three of my images (size 8) so that they
were all equal. This made them look a lot neater and again made
them stand out off of the page more. This is always a helpful tool
to use.

15. As there was imperfections on
my main image I started to edit
them further. As the original
image was taken against a blue
background I tried to lighten
parts of the ends of my models
hair so that it was easier to work
with. I then used the ellaso tool
and started to selected around
the blue parts of the hair that I
was going to start working on.

16. I then started using a photo
filter and trying to darken
the blue parts of the hair to
bring them to a closer
colour shade to the rest of
my models hair.
I would first select in small
parts the sections of hair
that I wanted to try and
darken so that all the hair
blends in properly together.

17. Over the course of editing this main
image different effects have been
used to try and make the colouring of
the image right. So I started to use the
eraser tool to bring back the natural
hair colour of the image so that it
looked darker and stood out more on
the page. This would also help after I
was editing the different blueish
parts to the hair so it would disguise
them a bit more. All of these
processes were working together to
make the image look the best quality
possible.

18. I first opened my image on to
Photoshop into a different tab to
work on. I started to first edit the
colouring of the image with the
hue/saturation tool because the
image looked quite yellowish.
I wanted to change the colouring
on the image as I wanted the
dark red make-up to stand out
more off of her face.

19. I wanted to cut out the background
on this image because I wanted the
image to be against a lighter
background.
So I used the magic wand tool to
carefully cut around my models
head so that I could select all of the
background. Once that was done, I
then deleted the background.
I then had to neaten up around the
edges because the magic wand tool
cant always select ever little detail.
So I used the eraser tool to erase the
odd yellowish parts around her hair
line.

20. I then added my final
secondary image for my front
cover (of the girl band).
The original image you could
see a lot of greyish looking
shadows and I didn’t like that
too much. So I changed the
brightness of the image so that
it takes away them greyish
looking tones and the image
looks more clear and white.

21. After I had added and edited my
secondary images, I started to add
my cover lines.
I added them underneath my
secondary images on the left hand
side so that they anchor my images
and the readers knew what to
expect inside the magazine.
I wrote another ‘epic posters
inside’, so that the readers
understood what those images
were there for and what incentives
there are inside for them.
Also along the bottom of my
magazine there are just a couple of
short and snappy cover lines to just
summarise what else the readers
can expect inside the magazine so
that it keeps them intruiged.

22. To give my magazine more of a
‘rocky’ look to it and also so that it
similar to my example magazine, I
decided to use the paint brush tool
with an edgy stroke to it so that it
could create a paintbrush looking
base for my next cover line.
I decided to have the colour of the
base of it black so that it stands out
off of the page and against the
models top.
I decided to use white writing
again so that the cover line stands
out on top of the black feature.

23. After looking at the overall look of my magazine I decided that some of the
coverlines weren’t standing out enough off of the page. So I decided to change
the font colour to yellow so that they stand out better against my model’s top
and then added a stroke to all of them so that they look bolder against the page.

24. There was too much spacing
between my writing of the
cover lines so I used the
‘character’ tool to change that. I
down sized the spacing slightly
so that the writing came closer
together and so it looked more
professional.
I also changed my writing so
that it didn’t overlap my
secondary images so again
making it look more like a
professional magazine.
Also I changed the font cover
(of my top left cover line) to
yellow rather than white. This
makes it more clear to the
readers and also ties in
together with the bottom cover
lines too.

25. Once I had edited the vast
majority of my front cover, I
started to just edit little parts of
my page so that it looked more
professional.
As I was using one of the Kerrang
magazines as a base to work from
and inspiration, I noticed that
some of the main cover line
words were smaller than others.
So I down sized the word ‘The’
as it was less important and kept
the ‘Evil Eva’ a larger size as it
was a more important piece of
information.
This also filled the space across
the middle of the page more as
well which was really helpful.

26. So that the price and edition
of the magazine was
important information for the
reader, I decided to put it in a
bright yellow box so that it
stands out off of the page.
I used the shapes tool to draw
a rectangular shaped box
(same width as the barcode so
it looked neat), and then
changed the block colour of it
to yellow.
I then used the text tool to
write my information into the
box about the date, edition
and price.

27. As the magazine I was using as
inspiration created a smaller version
of the mast head and placed it above
the price and edition of the
magazine, I thought I would do the
same so my magazine looked more
professional.
I duplicated the masthead layer so
that there was two of them and then
I used the scale tool to make it
smaller
After that I used the rectangular
shaped tool to create a black box to
place the masthead in. I chose the
box to be the colour black as my
masthead was red and I wanted it to
stand out against the black
background.