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This screen shot shows my final and complete front cover version of my music magazine. The following screenshots will show how I created the front cover and why I used/customised various layers in order to create the front cover, content page and double page spread.

I used this medium close up image which I had collected from a direct photo-shoot. This image was the best from a wide choice of selections because it’s a close / medium shot which shows the strong facial expression this person portrays. The straight look and the pouted lips makes this person look confident which works well with the genre of my music magazine; Hip Hop.

I then inserted my master head, Epic. The lettering style I used was large with an embossed effect, which made the word stand out in a bold manner amongst the maroon/reddish background. The word Epic can have many positive associating words such as grand and larger-than-life, which is why I chose this style of font with this size and effect.

I inserted a small gold star to replace the dot on the “i” of Epic, a little idea to make the magazine seem more distinctive.

On the side of the master head, I wrote a another caption with the issue number, I formatted the letterings in a way similar to the golden star to keep a grand and sophisticated feel, as this issue of my magazine will be the 100th edition making it special.

Next I typed the main story title that is to be included inside the magazine, “The Fresh Queen Of Hip Hop”, the word “fresh” is a key component in this sentence as it widely used in the world of Hip Hop and urban slang terms as new and modern. The letterings where formatted in such a way to stand out from the background colour of my main image, with shadow affects that create a 3D feel to the words.

I then typed the other featuring stories, sub stories, in a bold red colour and in a normal red colour to distinguish each story for each title. I organised the story lines in a column to make the magazine look tidier and professional.

In big bold lettering, with in/out glow effects, stokes and colour overlays, I created the name of my main artist of the front cover, Rose. The reason why I had chose to create this word in such a font and style is because it is the main name that the audience should instantly visually read to recognise and pay immediate attention towards.

The final small task was inserting a bard code into the bottom right corner, the final touch makes my music magazine look genuine and real.

I used a similar image to my content cover, however the main image/person is facing a leftward direction, wearing a sun glasses. The sunglasses, the baseball hat are significant in this music magazine because they are the crucial elements that makes this individual related to Hip Hop through fashion.

The letter “C” was enlarged on the content page with the same colour background as my front cover to keep contingency, the effect of this is an emphasised, “Content”, word that stands out to give the reader acknowledgement of the intentions of this page as well as it being an interesting affect on the page.

With a darker shade to the background of my content page, I used square blocks to separate each individual story line, making it visually easier to read.

I then inserted the text “She Is Rose” above my main image to highlight the articles name and what is to follow on within the music magazine, I edited the text with drop shadow of red on a black font to make it stand out amongst the many layers on this page.

I inserted a smaller image relevant to that specific article behind the main image, this composition makes the content page more dynamic in a sense that there are more than one images used, in different positions and angles, the image is facing rightwards, opposing the main image, like a back to back effect of personals. Again I used the sun glass prop to give that Hip Hop feel.

I finally inserted a small image of the front cover, this creates a link between the content page and the front cover. Giving the reader a sense of relevancy through remembrance.

My first action on the double page spread was to insert a main image of my artist, the article is to include an interview on the right side of the spread and on the left a main image of my artist looking towards the interview section.

Secondly I created the title for this page, “Catching up with the queen of Hip Hop”. I used a emboss effect with a dark red shadow to make the letterings stand out. The dark red shadow effect closely relates to the colour scheme which is red and white.

I then typed out an introduction to the interview, the first letter was enlarged with a red colour fill, this was intentionally done to make the text more visually exciting and forms a starting place to enable the reader to start reading.

In between the introduction, I placed another image of my main artist but wearing different clothing, showing the reading the main artist in different varieties , which makes the article more interesting to view and read. Placing the image in-between the lettering ensures that there is always awareness of my main artist throughout the article. Making the main artist the focal point throughout the magazine was my main aim.

Next was the typing of the interview, I used a dark red filled boxes behind a white font to make the lettering stand out amongst the white background, this made the writing easier to read and it adheres to colour scheme of the magazine; white and red.

At the bottom of the second page, I inserted two images related to the question in the red box. The reason why I had taken the images from this angle is to conceal the face of this person to adds mystery, I also decreased the brightness making it slightly less visible to see but still shows a slight hint. The question in the box is relevant to the images beside it and as a result the reader has a sense of interaction with the article.

I used a pull quote from the interview answers and positioned it next to the main article, in line with the edges of the image. The reason for this is to make the article more visually interesting to view and thus making it more eye catching. Keeping the reader interested will prevent boredom and disappointment in the magazine.

Finally I inserted an image of my main artist directly facing the reader. The image opacity has been decreased and is placed behind nearly all layers, giving the double page spread a final visual impact on the reader. The decrease in opacity will allow the reader to see the image but not be distracted from the main article itself.