DYLAN HAMILTON

To start my front cover, I firstly began with the image. This included taking the right shot, editing and desaturating the image to give a MOJO magazine vibe, and placing the image in a sensible position on the page. i would later come back to remove the reflection in the sun glasses through darkening and smudging the lenses.

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Once this was done, i placed a background which would not distract the audience, and follows the same tone and hue as my picture so it does not contrast the main image. I achieved this through adding a layer if grain and then placing a slightly transparent gradient layer ranging from a dark grey colour to white.

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The next thing i focussed on was creating and placing my masthead. Similarly to other magazines such as MOJO and Rock Sound, I placed the masthead near to the top centre of my cover page, and behind my main image.

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Page designs such as barcodes were placed on their relevant place so that it fits a similar page layout as well renowned brands such as Rock Sound with the barcode in the bottom right corner. I designated another corner to more page designs such as a FREE CD box like MOJO, and a news circle.

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The final thing I did was to focus on the page layout and how i was to place my cover lines and headlines around my main image without overlaying it too much, while keeping in mind to leave a border for the edge of the front cover.

I had to take into consideration page layout and how page furniture and text were kept in line with each other. On top of this I spent time on varying out the typography so that I could attract the audience to specific areas. I achieved this through changing the size of the font and colour.