This document provides details on the creation of a music magazine front cover, content page, and double page spread. Photos were selected of an artist to portray confidence and relate to the hip hop genre. Large embossed lettering was used for the magazine title "Epic" and a gold star replaced the dot on the "i". Story titles were formatted in bold colors and organized in columns. The artist's name "Rose" was displayed prominently in glowing letters to draw attention. Barcodes and additional images were included to make the pages appear authentic and dynamic.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.