Front cover production

1. 3) Three pieces of texts have so far been added. The
text under the sub headings used the tool of ‘Drop
shadow’. This was accessed through ‘layer properties’
and change the ‘blending options’ to normal, allowing
me to give text a bolder more 3d look due to the white
colour drop shadow. This is used throughout all three
subheading texts in order to keep the house style
simple rather than messy if one had only used this
tool. Once again, the rectangle tool has been used to
separate the subheadings (feature articles), and the
paint bucket used in order to give it the same green
colour as in the text on the bottom of the page to keep
consistency and professional look. All subheadings and
text other then the mast head and ‘the green issue’
have used ‘League Spartan’. “The Byards vs. Fleet
Foxes” used the paint bucket tool and the rectangle
tool to create three different colours for each text to
emphasise the battle between the two indie/folk
groups and to show the firs opposition. The audience
would have the effect that they need to look into it as
the colours produce emotions which the audience
need to see.
4) The next step I took was adding the ‘Arctic
Monkeys’ logo from the internet and a quote said by
the lead singer. This was done to capture a broader
audience as the group is very famous and also goes
under the indie/folk genre adding to the exclusiveness
the magazine would acquire. The quote once more is
covered by the rectangle tool, to show the reliance the
text has to the logo. I have also capitalised the word
‘Dislike’ to emphasis the artist emotion and point of
his message. This is positioned on the bottom left to
add space where the main image would be positioned
and article cover lines.