Photoshop Task

Photoshop Trial Front Cover

I was asked to create a music magazine on Photoshop, to develop my skills further and prepare me for my own final magazine.

I decided to create a multi-genre front cover, to show my diversity, as I don't think my final product will look similar to this. Moreover, I used lots of different tools to produce this cover, for example, the eyedropper tool, and the text tool. I wanted to try using different layouts than a regular magazine, to show that I can design for different genres, and not just do the traditional sort of positioning, with the masthead at the top of the page. Instead here, I have used a large 'V' and placed it in the middle, this initial represents the name of the magazine which is 'Voice'. I also placed this above the letter, just to make readers aware. If I was creating lots of issues of this magazine, I would design it where not every issue follows the same colour and font theme, due to the 'V' complimenting the colours from the image, however, I will make sure that it is easily recognisable due to the large 'V'. I also used the same font throughout this cover, although made 'Selena Gomez' in a handwritten typography, to suggest it was herself that wrote it. I also changed the height and width of the text on left hand side of the page, so it was easy to read, and not interfere with the image of Selena.