2. Original photo
What I did:
Took a photo of a student in a typical
school surrounding.
Why:
I decided to take this photo because it
illustrated a school scenario – a student
socialising with his friends in a typical
school environment. When taking the
photo I decided to have the school
cafeteria and a dim looking wall in the
background. I did this to illustrate the true
reality of school. By having a grungy wall
and background it also helped to express
the negative view of returning to school
after a summer holiday.
3. 1st Edit
What I did:
Colour corrected (enhancing the image)
the main photo of the student and the
school scene background.
Why:
I colour corrected the image to make it
more visual appealing and to bring out
the colours that were lost in the photo. I
decided on a ‘warm’ colour correction as
it bought out the red colours on the coat.
4. 2nd Edit (Part 1)
What I did:
I duplicated the picture layer making the
duplicate greyscale. After this I just erased
the coat making the coat the only
coloured item in the picture.
Why:
For my photo I wanted to create a positive
and negative theme. The positive being
the new freedom of clothing, the negative
being a new hard school year. By making
the school black and white it gave it a
‘negative’ atmosphere. I decided I would
have colour on the coat because it gave
the magazine a more professional touch.
Furthermore, it made the picture stand out
from the background.
5. 2nd Edit (Part 2)
What I did:
I cropped the magazine to A4 size using
the crop tool and the measurements
297mm x 210mm
Why:
Most magazines are of an A4 size, so I
wanted to make my magazine as ‘normal’
as possible in this aspect. Also, by
cropping my image straight away it
allowed me to have all my text and
images the appropriate size.
6. Main heading text
What I did:
Added a red piece of text with the
following words ‘school style’. The text also
had a white stroke effect (outline)and a
red gradient effect.
Why:
For my main heading text (after much
experimentation) I decided to use the
‘Franklin gothic heavy font’. Since the
magazine was intended for school
children I choose not to use a ‘formal
font’, hence why the font I choose looks
basic and remotely childish.
I wanted my text to look good with my
image, to do this I needed to make a
‘colour palate’(colours that work
together) that I could use. The only colour
on the image was the coat, this itself had
several colours in it, most of which
consisted of different shades of red and
bage. Using the colour pinch tool I took a
dark red and a lighter red colour from the
coat and made it into a gradient.
I decided to use a stroke (text outline) to
make the image clearer to read as it
stood out from the background.
7. Adding body text
What I did:
Added sell lines to the magazine cover. I
also added a peel off sticker with a sell
line.
Why:
Firstly I added a peel off effect sticker to
my magazine cover. I did this because it
draws the reader to my magazine. Also it
gives the magazine an almost professional
look. In this sticker I included the slogan for
the issue ‘new year, new fashion’.
I wanted to go for a simple sell line text
design as most magazines do the same. I
also wanted to continue with my current
‘colour palette’. To meet with these
specification’s I continued using the colour
picker on certain parts of the coat, this
made sure the colours went together. To
make the text stand out from the
background (as the colours where light
and so was the background) I added a
stroke and drop shadow to the text. The
font used was the same as the
title, ‘franklin gothic heavy font’.
