1) The student has been working on producing the front cover of their magazine, including adding images, text, and grids to help layout the design. 2) They have also begun drawing characters that they plan to include in the magazine, starting with one character in Photoshop and outlining another for the front cover. 3) In addition, the student has added elements to their front cover like tags and frames, and made progress on coloring and detailing their character drawings to prepare for double page spreads.

1. Production Reflection
Ayrton Starkey

2. Process
Today I have begun the production of the front cover of my magazine. It took me while to begin the production of my
front cover as I was struggling to come up with an idea of how I was going to create it. However, I soon came up with
the idea of the dark borders which complement the orange in the header well. I wished to line up the images on my
front cover, so I used InDesign to get a 7x5 grid which I then used the ruler tool in Photoshop to replicate that grid.
This helped me measure the objects I wanted to place on my front cover and also made the poster look more
professional. I wanted to place text on the front cover and thought that I would make a box which stands out to the
reader with the orange colour.

3. Process
I later added text to the orange box that I made. I originally had all of the new text be the same
font size and colour but that didn’t stand out. I then chose to make the “including” larger than
the rest of the text and also made it another colour which will grab your attention. I then added
an object which reflects the main image and what will be talked about in the magazine. This
object will also contain writing which will contain a small amount of information about this
subject. Overall I am feeling rather confident about my front cover so far.

4. Process
Today I have mainly been working on practicing
to draw the characters that I wish to include in
my magazine. Although I have mainly been
focusing on this, I have also made some
adjustments and additions to my front cover. The
first thing that I added was some text to the
object. This is just place holder text as I am still
thinking what to write on it. Another thing that I
added today was a frame for a picture in the
bottom right of the page. This will include one of
the pictures that I make of “frost”. The last thing
that I added today was a tag at the top left which
informs the reader of a free poster inside the
magazine. I wish to add a small preview of the
poster next to this text but I will have to wait
until I have made the posters to do so. Overall I
feel like my front cover is coming along nicely
and I think I can still add more to it so that it will
look even better.

5. Process
Today I have been working on making the
characters that I wish to use for a show I
will be talking about in my magazine. I
have been using a picture of the character I
wish to make as a base to recreate. I have
been making this character on Photoshop
as I tried illustrator to make it but it looked
awful. I have been making this for the
majority of the day as it has taken a while
to get all of the lines, colours and designs
right. I think that the character is looking
quite good so far so I am feeling quite good
about it.

6. Process
Today I have finished making the first
character which I wish to use in my double
page spreads. I think that the character has
come out well and the shading works well
enough and looks good. Now that I have
finished making this character, I have
moved on to the next character that I wish
to create. I have began outlining the
character which is currently on my front
cover. This will be the character that I wish
to recreate and use on my front cover.

7. Process
Today I have been working on the next
character that I wish to create. I have been
working on the outlines of the character
and also the colours. I have decided to
change the colours of the character that I
am recreating so that it is not completely
the same and also so that it will match
what I wish to talk about in my double
page spreads. Since the colouring of the
character is taking quite a while to do, I am
probably going to continue this work at
home so that I can continue with other
things sooner. Overall I am happy about
how the character is coming out so far.

8. Process
Today I have done a variety of things. One of the
things that I have done today is that I have
finished the hair of the character I will be using.
This did not take long to do so I decided to carry
on developing my front cover and preparing to
make my double page spreads. The next thing
that I did was make my own “Dragon Balls”
which are an important thing in the show I will
be talking about. These will be scattered around
in the background of one of my double page
spreads but they will be more opaque as I don’t
want them to stand out very much. The last
thing I did today was make some tweaks to my
front cover. I have added some text on to the
ball on the page and I have also added some
more text around the page. I have added a date
and issue number to make the front cover look
more real. Overall I feel like I have made some
progress towards the production of my double
page spreads and my front cover.

9. Process
Today I have been working on a background
for one of my double page spreads. This
background I have been creating will link to
what I am writing about as it is the earth in
the show. I feel like this background is looking
good so far and I will continue to develop this
background on Tuesday when I get back in to
college. I have also done a little bit of work on
my character again today but I have not done
much as I wanted to get on with the creation
of my background. I believe that this
character will be done soon as there are only
a couple more things that need colouring and
shading so that it looks good. I have also
made a tower which relates to a show in
Illustrator today. I have put this tower in the
background I have been creating to make it
more detailed.