The document describes the design choices made for the front cover of a magazine called "U.T.I" or "Under the Influence". A grey and white gradient was used to give the cover a professional and simple look, achieving two main aims of the design. The metallic text of the masthead is meant to look brutal and tough, reflecting the nature of hip hop music. Multiple layers and filters were used to create the metallic effect for the masthead.

1. Step 1:
A gradientusingthe colours white and
dark grey has beenusedonthe front
cover.Thiseffect givesthe magazine a
professionalandsimple lookandthese
factors are two of the mainaimsI intend
to achieve whendesigningmymagazine.
It alsohelpstoemphasise the brutal look
that the masthead managestoput across
The mastheadhas beendecidedas‘U.T.I’whichisan
abbreviationfor‘Underthe Influence’.Thiswas
chosenpurelyon gutinstinctand initiative as
althoughsome othernamesprovedtobe popular
frommarketresearch,I feel thisisa suitable,unique
and ‘standout’ mastheadformy hiphop magazine.
The metalliceffectonthe text givesitarather brutal
and toughlookwhichreflectsthe nature of hip-hop.
To create thiseffectIhad to create two layers,one
beingblackandthe otherwasusedto create the
metalliceffect. A gradientoverlaystyle wasusedand
thenthe cloudsfilterwasapplied. The final‘noise’
filterwasaddedrightafterapplying the Gaussianblur
filter