Final Magazine Product

 

                                   

                                   

                  

Editing Photos: Development

For my magazine I wanted to focus on my subjects and then edit my backgrounds depending on the tone of the pages I work on.  So I masked most of my images and edited the lights and dark to fit. I used photoshop a majority of the time when editing my work, since I have experience with adobe applications. I took around 100 images but only edited around half a dozen. And from that half a dozen I only used 3-4 images for my entire magazine, so I had more than enough images to work with. My model wore painter attire and used art medium to fit with my magazines genre, which is fine art. Since my magazine was art related I took some liberties with my images and drew on them to give them some artistic flare that would be common in these types of magazines.

Post Development: Magazines

I used several different application for my overall process of my magazine from start to finish. A majority of the time I used adobe products such as Photoshop and Indesign. I did use other more less common apps for simply task such as Canva and Prezzi. In the begging I faced some software challenges with adobe Indesign since I haven't used it before, so I had a learning curve to fix. but with time i became more proficient.  I also had some problem when I began taking my images for the magazine, which I was able to solve. I couldn't get my images to come out how I envisioned but with the help of photoshop and a understanding model I got some usable photos as a result.

 For my mast head I focused on creating something elegant and artistic that would fit my genre. I used a decorative font along with colors associated with luxury and fine art such as deep greens, bright reds, and cream whites. I chose images that had the full body shown and the light balance was cler enough for my vision. I wanted to make sure my models face was visible with every image I used, so that was my main focus.

CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION

 

Here is my Magazine Presentation

https://prezi.com/view/D75l3xG5lZEj1FxGVcDT/

Magazine Layouts and Feature Articles

 

Development: Photoshoot

For my magazine cover and feature pages, I chose a female in her teens, which aligned with my target demographic. My model wore A painter's apron along with painter tools, such as a paintbrush, pencil, canvas, and paint pallet. These items are often used in the art world, which influenced my wardrobe choices for my model. My model's costume was casual and can be associated with young teen fashion trends while being suitable for painting. I styled my model to look like a average female teenager, no makeup as to keep her natural, since my target audience is in the 16-19 age range. My models' props are common art tools so that most classes of people can indulge in my magazine, and I don't use a specific race that I adhere to since my audience is multi racial. for a majority of my images, they were taking between an art classroom and a patio art studio. I chose an art room to be suitable for my background since it relates to my genre, I also chose the outdoors for some diversity. Fo r my images I used what I had available which was my phone, it's the Samsung galaxy flip Z 3rd generation model.

 During my magazine photoshoot I did run into lighting problems because of the current weather at the time. But with options of different locations, and the use of photoshop I was able to make it work out in the end.

Development: Cover and Content Pages reflection

 

• Reflection: You must blog about the experience and also the technical aspects used to create the cover and table content. The blog post must be a critical analysis of what you have done and why you choose to do (how will the changes will now appeal to your audience, what mood are you trying to set with the colors and coverlines, etc..) 

During the design process of my magazine cover and contents pages, I made sure to keep in mind the information I had gathered from previous surveys and mock up sheets to influence my choice of layouts. I kept to the 'house' format for my magazine cover, utilizing the main image as the a point of focus, while placing the master head and title around the image. The main image will help give my audience an idea as what's inside the magazine and its genre , which I chose to be a female black teenager with art tools, which aligns with my target audience. My model is presented in a casual upper garment which most teens wear while she is adorned with artistic elements such as brush strokes and pant splatter, emphasizing her creative nature an difference but also similarity to other teens in this generation. The splashes of color from the models face balance well with the warm block of color in the background, drawing attention of viewers. The main colors I chose where a a warm yellow accented with cool whites and reds for the text, which where cinzel bold. The combination of both the chosen colors and fonts aid to set the tone of my magazine, which is cultured and refined, similar to the art that would be presented in the magazine itself. The content spread also follow a similar style with colors and image placements, placing an importance on the images and how they represent the magazine. The images on the content pages coincide with the main magazine image, representing influential art and the artist of our generation in a casual setting.  The addition details of brush strokes and lines of color help contrast the colors and bring cohesion to the pages.