To create this preliminary draft:
I firstly took a picture of some students with a digital camera as it is supposedly a school magazine, I then plugged the camera into the computer and uploaded the photo into my documents.
I uploaded the photo into Photoshop and edited the photo, erasing the background, then after saving uploaded it into Illustrator and completed the task.
I entitled my magazine ‘6formed’ as I thought it was a good play on words since my image is that of 6form students and 6form is a place where you form yourself into a better more rounded person, you continue your education and further your abilities.
I added the necessities of any magazine; a title, sell lines, a barcode and the price. In this case the magazine is free which is clearly labelled at the top of the magazine.
Personally, I think my magazine looks quite amateurish, it doesn’t look very professional but considering it was my first time using Photoshop and Illustrator, I’m fairly pleased with the turn out. It helped me to grasp a better understanding on the media industry and how much effort goes into making a magazine.
The main image was poorly edited, it’s rough around the edges but I used the feather tool in Illustrator to dull the edges down, to improve on this next time I will zoom in when erasing the edges of my image and use a finer eraser size to get a better result or I will be extra careful when using the magic wand.
The sell lines of the magazine are good because they relate to the type of magazine 6formed is, a school magazine – there is mentioning of Photo Day, Top Grades, the sell lines ‘Who is Bishop’s Star Student?’ and ‘The Interview’ are major sell lines as they entice students to pick up there school magazine.
The colour scheme is a little messy; to improve on this I will in future try to use only 3 or 4 colours. However, I chose the colours Black, White, Red, Yellow and Orange to correspond with the main image. Most magazine use the colour scheme of Black & White as it gives the magazine a mature and professional look.
Overall, the Preliminary Draft has given me a better understanding and has made a great foundation for future tasks. In future; I will add more images, stick to a colour scheme of 3 or 4 colours, take more time and put more effort into my work and make sure I add the date of the magazine by the barcode.
I firstly took a picture of some students with a digital camera as it is supposedly a school magazine, I then plugged the camera into the computer and uploaded the photo into my documents.
I uploaded the photo into Photoshop and edited the photo, erasing the background, then after saving uploaded it into Illustrator and completed the task.
I entitled my magazine ‘6formed’ as I thought it was a good play on words since my image is that of 6form students and 6form is a place where you form yourself into a better more rounded person, you continue your education and further your abilities.
I added the necessities of any magazine; a title, sell lines, a barcode and the price. In this case the magazine is free which is clearly labelled at the top of the magazine.
Personally, I think my magazine looks quite amateurish, it doesn’t look very professional but considering it was my first time using Photoshop and Illustrator, I’m fairly pleased with the turn out. It helped me to grasp a better understanding on the media industry and how much effort goes into making a magazine.
The main image was poorly edited, it’s rough around the edges but I used the feather tool in Illustrator to dull the edges down, to improve on this next time I will zoom in when erasing the edges of my image and use a finer eraser size to get a better result or I will be extra careful when using the magic wand.
The sell lines of the magazine are good because they relate to the type of magazine 6formed is, a school magazine – there is mentioning of Photo Day, Top Grades, the sell lines ‘Who is Bishop’s Star Student?’ and ‘The Interview’ are major sell lines as they entice students to pick up there school magazine.
The colour scheme is a little messy; to improve on this I will in future try to use only 3 or 4 colours. However, I chose the colours Black, White, Red, Yellow and Orange to correspond with the main image. Most magazine use the colour scheme of Black & White as it gives the magazine a mature and professional look.
Overall, the Preliminary Draft has given me a better understanding and has made a great foundation for future tasks. In future; I will add more images, stick to a colour scheme of 3 or 4 colours, take more time and put more effort into my work and make sure I add the date of the magazine by the barcode.
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