Photoshop Practice (3)

The final Photoshop Practice I chose to do was a Double Page Spread article. I think this was the best practice for me for when it comes to creating my own magazines, because I learned that the columns have to be equal along the bottom and that you don't want to overcrowd the article with images and unnecessary information.

I chose the light pink/purple shade for the background of the text and the background of the artists name, because the colour is similar to the flowers on her dress and that will give the double page spread article a colour scheme,  which will be easily recognised to readers of the magazine/article. I kept my font to something simple and something that is easily readable for my audience. However, I changed the font of the article's subtitle and then again, with the font of the article title. I had done this to keep diversity throughout the article and make it slightly more interesting to read, instead of it being all one font and slightly boring. I kept the colour of the text to black, because it contrasts against the pink/purple shade and white background. The black also matches the main colour of her dress and the image of her album artwork in the bottom right hand corner. The font I chose also give the article a more personal approach from the Artist, because it resembles something handwritten, and is almost like a direct note from the artist to the reader.

I chose to do my Double Page Spread article as an interview, because I think they are more interesting to read in a magazine, because its more personal to the artist and the reader can get more information out of an article, because its coming straight from the artist and isn't edited so much.

I found both of the images on Google, and I got the font for the article title from www.dafont.com which I think fits better with the concept more than what the other fonts did in my previous Photoshop practices. The main fonts I used for my titles are the things I most improved on when creating this Double Page Spread article, because I the font I used for this article blends more with the finished project.

By the time I had finished creating this Double Page Spread article, I felt confident that I knew how to use PhotoShop and the tools it offers. I also felt confident in how to layout my Double Page Spread article for this PhotoShop practice task, and this is possibly how I would want my magazine Double Page Spread article to look in the final product.

Photoshop Practice (2)

 

The next Photoshop practice I chose to create was a PlayStation 3 game box art design. I chose to do this, because it is a completely different topic to what I have chose for my magazine and out of my comfort zone. This box art design is all dark colours, except for the red title 'Heads will Roll' and the Warning/Disclaimer bar on the back of the box. I decided to use darker colours for this box art, because the concept of the game is inspired by a Zombie Apocalypse and the dark, cool undertones of the colours are normally conventional of horror and zombies. 

I decided to use the colour red against the black, because they will contrast against each other and it also matches the colour scheme of the red piping at the top of the box and the red Warning/Disclaimer box on the back of the box underneath the extra information. The undertone colour of the Zombies in the last picture on the back of the box:

matches the colour scheme of the blue banners at the top of the game box. I found the image of the box, every image of the zombies and the font on google. I again used the website www.dafont.com to find a font that would match the concept and the demographic. 

I found this Photoshop practice went really well,  and I hope to develop these new skills further by doing more Photoshop Practices in the future to improve the Photoshop Skills I already had and to improve my work. 

However, I think the main thing I could improve on would be the font of the title and also the colour of the title. I think these were the main two things that I could have spent a little bit more time on when creating this box art. I think the colour of the font could be slightly darker so it matches the red line below the PS3 logo more, and I also think that the font could have blended into the background of the box more. 

Photoshop Practice (1)

Before I created my Preliminary task I decided to make a trial magazine on PhotoShop so I could familiarise myself with each tool and how they work. I decided to create a Pop magazine for a 13-18 year old, female audience.  The main models for the magazine were The Vamps. I decided to use The Vamps for my models, because they are a fresh, new band in the music industry and the female audience seem to really like them. I hadn't used much of a colour scheme for this front cover, because I felt that the styling in the picture was bright enough and I didn't want to overcrowd the cover with multiple colours. The colour I chose to stick with throughout the front cover is black because it contrasts with the white background and the bright colours the models are wearing. I had found this image of The Vamps on Google of one of their photoshoots for either another magazine or their single artwork. The barcode I used in the bottom left hand corner was also found on google. To get the Masthead, I used a website called http://www.dafont.com to find the right style and font for my magazine and audience. This front cover doesn't have any cover lines or sell lines on it, because I ran out of time when creating it. Time skills is something I need to improve on when creating both the college magazine and my music magazine. 

Introductory Survey Post

To help find out what my specific demographic would be, I decided I would create a Survey for my music magazine. When doing this I hope to find out what gender the consumer of my magazine is, the age of the consumer, what their most preferred music genre is and their hobbies. I think this is an important part of my audience research, because I need to find out what genre of music people would rather read about in a magazine and what does the consumer choose to do in their spare time, because this would be important information to know when creating different articles for my contents page. It would also help when thinking of each advert/ campaign that I could possibly pitch to my audience based on their interests and hobbies.

Font Inspiration

I have researched different types of fonts that I could use for my magazine. To do this I searched for font generators into Google and I used the website www.dafont.com to create these mastheads. These mastheads will fit in with my intended target audience and with the genre I have chose. My target audience is mainly females so they will appeal to this.  The fonts I have chose are large and bold, this would grab the readers attention. This would also fit with my target audience because I used the fonts that would be suitable for the older girls in the age group. 

Additional Influences - Poses

I have created a board on Pinterest for the poses I found that I use throughout my music magazine. I will refer to this when I am creating my own magazine.
I have picked a selection of images where the model is looking down the camera lens and others that are more editorial shots.
Poses Board 

Fashion and Makeup Inspiration (2)

I have found some websites that I could refer back to when I am planning my outfits for my magazine photoshoot:

Ariana Grande 

Ariana Grande Makeup

Ariana Grande Hair

I have also created a Pinterest board for Ariana Grande's makeup style:


Ariana Grande Makeup Inspiration Board 

I am updating this board every time I see a new picture I could take inspiration from.

I have also done this for her hairstyles:
Ariana Grande Hairstyles Inspiration Board 

And her Style: 

Ariana Grande Style Inspiration Board