The document provides an evaluation of a magazine cover and contents page design project. It discusses what works well, such as the color scheme and layout elements. It also notes aspects that could be improved, such as making text fonts and cover lines sizes more appealing. Creating the magazine cover design in Photoshop was initially difficult due to unfamiliarity with the software tools. However, certain tasks like planning the design were easy once the goals were determined. Overall, the document reflects on lessons learned about magazine design and production.

1. EVALUATION MEDIA AS MAGAZINE
PROJECT.
FRONT COVER/CONTENTS PAGE
BY YASMIN DOUGLAS

2. Masthead
character
Main image
Lead line
Cover lines
Panel
Strap line

3. What works well? FRONT COVER
My magazine cover works well due to the fact all the colours work well together, I made sure that the colour
scheme would relate to the main image.
Red, is an energetic colour which is vibrant and stands out, I used the same colour of the lipstick for the text, to
keep the colours flowing. White, is a fresh calming colour which on the other hand stands out well just as red.
Grey, Is an unsettled colour, which is dull, but I chose grey due to fact that I didn’t want lots of bright colours,
Grey gives the magazine cover the quirky feel.
I used boxes, ‘panels’ around certain words because I was unable to make them Bold or more apparent. By
using these dull black panels, the words stood out much more.
My Masthead, ‘City Comers’ works well because it’s an alliteration, which is catchy and makes the name easier
to remember. I used the font ‘Outsiders’ from ‘DAFONT’, I like this font due to the fact that I wanted to work on
the basis of ‘Vogue’ magazine, which is one of the biggest and most successful fashion magazines.
The Masthead is clear, and easy to read, although I have the models head over lapping the masthead it is still
rather understandable what the Masthead says.
I chose the colour Grey because it’s subtle and I didn’t want to many vibrant colours.
I was able to change the thickness and thinness of this Masthead on Photoshop by adjusting the exposure
levels. I made the models head over lap because once again, Vogue does this in most all their issues.
Light weight text

4. What works well? FRONT COVER
The main image itself works well due to the fact it’s punchy, eye catching and different. The colours surrounding her
also make her more visual. I used this model because she’s young, and this is a college fashion magazine, people in
college a usually teenagers so I had to work with my target audience, and had to think what they would want.
If I was to walk a shop and saw this magazine it would instantly appeal to me because of the vibrancy and uniqueness.

5. What works well? CONTENTS PAGE
Cover image
Heading
Cover lines
Blob
pagination

6. What works well? CONTENTS PAGE
I used the same colours from my Front Cover, this is because I wanted a colour
scheme and I wanted it to flow.
The contents page works well because it’s clean, stylish and fashionable. I used
colour panels through the headings to add detail because it’s not too much but
looks professional.

7. What doesn’t work? Magazine
cover
I don’t like the chosen text font for my magazine cover, this is because it’s rather plain and doesn’t really portray much
elegance, I wanted something more appealing.
I think the story lines are rather too big, I should have changed them to a smaller size, this would have enabled me to
have more cover lines and would have made the magazine cover much more busy.
I should have enlarged more of the main points of the text, such as the ’10’, I
wanted to make that bigger and I think I doesn’t look as good this size, it should
have been much bigger.

8. CONTENTS
What doesn’t work? PAGE
The background is too plain, I should have made the contents page much more vibrant and appealing by adding more
photos or just enlarging more text.

9. What Was Difficult? MAGAZINE COVER
I found rather a lot of this task difficult because I wasn’t familiar with Photoshop, It took me a while to adjust to the
software and learn what tools were available to me.
I found it difficult to add a background behind the model because I didn’t do it properly, I had to use the brush tool to
go around the edges and it doesn’t look professional at all.

10. What Was Difficult? CONTENTS PAGE
I found the contents page difficult due to the fact I didn’t really want to over load the page with unnecessary context, I
wanted to keep it clean, fresh and easy to read but at the same time appealing to the target audience : college
students.

11. What Was Easy? MAGAZINE COVER
I found it easy to design my magazine cover because I knew exactly what I wanted to create, from researching and
planning.
Once I got used to certain tools I found it rather easy to get on with.
What Was Easy? CONTENTS PAGE
I found It easy to design and to plan, because I wanted a simplistic design, I feel that I approached it well and done a good job
of the task even though photoshop for me was a problem.

12. What Have I Learnt?
I’ve learnt new key terms for magazine production, how to you Photoshop and how to be creative with not a lot of
time.
I’ve also become aware that a magazine doesn’t have to be full, dramatic and colourful to be creative.

13. What Would I Change If I Had Time?
I would change a lot of things, I would like to add more cover lines to my magazine cover due to the fact it’s rather
bare, I would also have liked to make the magazine itself look more professional by editing the images further and by
adding more creative features to the magazine and contents page.
I would have liked to learn more about magazine production and much more about Photoshop because there are many
different things on this software and I would have liked to found them played around with creative ideas.

14. Comparing My Magazine With
Another
I would compare my
magazine to vogue
due to the simplicity
of the actual
magazine and the
contents page but on
the over hand they
are creative and still
attractive.