The document provides a summary of the process taken to design the cover of a magazine focused on the video game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. First, an image of Link was found and placed on the cover with a blurred blue background added. Then the magazine title "Digital" was chosen and styled with neon colors. Next, the game subtitle used rendered text with red overlay and gold border for visibility. Link was made to look 3D by positioning his arrow over the text. Details on the game were added along with downloaded Zelda font matching the cover style. Additional content headings and images were included for Dark Souls and Nintendo Switch with borders to match the theme.

1. Production Reflection
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2. Process
• Firstly I tried to find a nice suitable image of a link from
Zelda: breath of the wild game as I will be talking about
that game in my double page spread (dps). I searched on
google images “breath of the wild render”. This lead me
to a nice image of link with his bow with no background
making it easier for me as I don’t have to crop it out. I
then tried to create the background by finding a blue
water colour painting on google. I copied and pasted the
image on the cover however it was squared so I had to
stretch it to size. This looked very odd so I blurred it a
lot. This made it look professional and neat. The
background worked very well as it didn’t ruin the link
image but made it look better. The light on the left side
of link suited the background like as if it was the source
of light. Then I had to think of a magazine name which
took me while so I used the same name I did on my
experiments which was “digital”. I used this name as it
suited the game theme and it isn’t a company already. I
used the harlow solid italic font as it looked nice and sci-
fi like. I edited the text further with the blending options
giving light blue overlay and also a dark blue border. This
suited the background and also looked neon like. I then
created a slogan above the title “gaming light years
beyond your imaginations” which had the same font and
colouring as the title. I chose liked this slogan because it
makes the magazine seem to have good content.

3. Process
• I then wanted to create the sub heading which
would the name of the background image game. I
searched on google “Zelda breath of the wild title
render”. This came with many options so I chose
the gold text with the sword going down the “Z”.
This didn’t turn out that good as the colour didn’t
contrast well and was hard to read. This lead me to
edit it on the blending options so I made the
overlay red and the border gold which is and iconic
colour for a Zelda game. This looked way better and
was easier to read. I then had the idea to make link
look 3d. I did this by cropping out the arrow blade
and moving the cropped layer over the sub heading
like as if link was shooting and arrow over the title.
After that I had to add text about the game
underneath. I put “ set your journey for a new
adventure in Nintendo’s biggest game yet”. This
would attract audiences as I have stated that the
game is Nintendo’s biggest game. I looked hard
trying to find a good default font however non of
them are good. This lead to me to download the
Zelda font from google which made it look tonnes
better. I made the colour the same colour of the
border of the Zelda title making it look professional.

4. Process
• i then had to add the plug heading which show
other content within my magazine. I started be
including the dark souls tutorial heading which I
planned before. So I looked for a suitable imaged
and copied and pasted it on my cover. To make it
look professional I added a blue border with the
blending options suiting the blue theme. I then
added the heading which is “TIPS AND TRICKS FOR
DARK SOULS BEGINNIERS” which would attract new
dark souls players. The next one was going to be
about the new Nintendo switch so I found an image
on google which I copied and pasted onto my cover.
I gave it a blue border with blending option making
it fit the them. I also copied and pasted the switch
logo above the switch console. Next to it I added a
header saying “Nintendo switch exclusive”. The
switch is a new console so this would attract many
people who are thinking of buying the switch.
Finally I added the bar code. A sale price images
with the 2.50 text on it. And then the issue number
that had the same font as the title.