Magazine covers working progress

This was my design for the title used in my magazine covers.

This was me editing an image that was transported from the camera and straight to photoshop.

This is one of the images that I used in my magazine front covers. I saved most of them in my graphics folder.

This is my graphics folder. It contains my front covers and most of my images needed.

This was the 1st front cover without the main image. The reason why it doesn't have the main image is because I wanted to fit all of the text e.g. mastheads, Title, sub heading etc.

For the magazines title, the word 'magazine' was placed underneath the words 'rock' and 'vibe'. This made the main title look more appealing and interesting because 'rock' and 'vibe' look like they are carrying the word 'magazine'.

Pencil draft ideas

Photos I want to use

Stencil Spray - Cut Out

This post is where we had to create a Stencil and spray it with ink and then use photoshop to change the colours.

This screenshot shows where I added in some paint splats to give more interest to the image, by this point I had already coloured the other layers.

Scamp copies.

Parody design

For this task I had to find a famous painting and create my own parody of it. In this case I chose to do the American Gothic and change it so that it shared the same semantic field as my magazine.

Spider diagram and cover lines

Pinterest research

The images below show the magazine covers that link to my ideas for a magazine. They link to my ideas because they are based on music, just like the magazine that I am planning. The only difference is that my magazine will be based on rock and the examples that I found are not all based on rock. Despite this, I think they will help me because they will at least give me some ideas on graphology and other content.

I chose music magazines from different genres so that I could see how they lay out their covers.

Images

Mag cover

Magazine copy 2

NME

Manual.

This is a picture of my sketch book with my plans and ideas of what to use in my manual. All of the images shown are completely hand drawn. This was to make the manual look slightly scruffy and fun.

This is me editing my first page of the manual. I moved my images to photoshop by using the scanner. My idea was to put a drawing of a symbol in one box and then have the informational text in the box next to it. This same design then continued on the next two pages.

After I finished editing my pages, I then printed them out and cut them into neat pieces. This image shows me sticking each piece of the manual together using a glue stick.   

 I then flicked through each page to see if they looked good and if they stay together. The image above shows one of the pages open with a clear text and clear information.

This image shows the manual folded up with the front cover clearly showing. Overall I did have a lot of difficulties in making this manual because I could never really get the pages to be the same size. But towards the end of the project, I managed to fit everything together and get the photo's taken.

Business cards.

The picture above shows my original ideas drawn on a piece of paper. I tried my best to stick to these designs.

This image shows me making my designs on Photoshop. As you can see between the first and second images, I have found a font that is rather similar to the one I drew on my original design and have tried my best to get a familiar look.

This is the front of my first business card design. I tried to keep it simple but unique in some ways. I am happy because it looks very similar to my original drawing.

This is the back of the first business card design. This features the same style as the front, which is expected because I wanted both sides to look similar. It also provides the basic information required on any business card.

This is the front of my second business card design. I am very happy with this because it looks nearly identical to my drawn design. The front looks very eye-catching due to it's colours and different objects used.

This is the back of the second business card design. This looks a little more simpler than the front of the card because it has less colours and objects. Despite this, it still looks great and provides the basic information.

These are my printed business cards. I am very pleased with these designs because the graphology is very eye-catching and exciting and because the cards look believable. Overall I did not have many difficulties in designing and making these business cards.