Colours

I was thinking about the colours that I wished to use for my magazine. I want to keep the colours fairly simple, and have variations of the same colour. But I may also try colours that contrast with each other. I feel that as i have tried to make the outfit that my model is wearing contrast, e.g. (Blue skit, yellow shoes), that if I try and make the colours on the same page contrast it may all look abit much. But if I try this where the model is wearing all black for example, this may work.

Firstly I wanted to look at different variations of the same colour.

This is a colour range of purple. As you can see it ranges from the darkest (black) to a lilac. I like this colour as I feel it captures a youthful vibe, and fits well with the age range I am trying to capture, as teenage girls often like the colour purple. Purple is a sterotypical "girly" colour. Another reason I like this colour is the fact that it goes quite well with the "electro" theme, as quite a few artists have the colour purple on their album artwork. This is a link to my work as the colours will attract certain people to look at the magazine cover.

This colour scheme is actually called "teenage". I really like the vibrant colours as I feel for my magazine the colours need to really stand out, like the music stands out. I quite like the electric pink colour on the right hand side as it is really feminine, but also it really stands out as it is so bright. I dont think these colours would work well together however as I feel it gives across quite a childish vibe.

This colour scheme is also quite childlike, but I like it. It conveys quite a youthful vibe, but also quite a feminine girly vibe. I am not overly keen on the yellow colours, but I really like the pink colours as they are really beight and eye catching.

FRONT COVER

This is my final copy of my magazine cover.

I am pleased with the final outcome.

I recodnise that my final cover is quite similar in terms of colour and fontography. This is because I realised that the work i had produced for the preliminary task was of the same sort of genre, and I think my work looked quite good, so I used elements that I had already used.

I chose to make the background a shocking neon pink colour as I think it really stands out and would grab anyones attention, it also gives a connotation of being aimed at females, and because of the strength and brightness of the colour, females ages between 15-23. If it where aimed at older females the colour may have been more subtle.

I chose this image of Rachael as I liked the pose she was pulling as it is quite different, and is more interesting than just looking at someone standing upright. It also looks asthough she is singing which is what I wanted as I think it further promotes the fact that the magazine is a music magazine. The fact that she is also holding a microphone also promotes this. I chose for Rachael to wear an all in one black jumpsuit from topshop, and some black ankle boots. I think the outfit is very appropriate as topshop clothes are often linked to the genre of music I am wanting to show, but also the fact that the outfit is black, contrasts well with the bright pink background. The fact that she is showing alot of leg may also attract attention from a male audience who may find it attractive.

I decided to write the word "London" on the background behind in a graffiti style as i felt that it was infitting with the urban new London feel. I had seen it written like this on a cover of Elle magazine and felt it looked really effective and although someone had just wrote it. I feel it again appeals to my target audience that may be the quite arty types.

As for the Masthead, I chose the same font style that I used for the preliminary task. I feel it captures a modern, quirky edgy feel as the letters are big and bold and have sharp edges and a shaddow.

As for the rest of the type, I chose to vary the different styles to make it more visually exciting but to also to vary the size and style. I also chose to make parts of the fonts bigger for more empahsis and attention. For example I made Rachaels name bigger than the rest of the text as I wanted it to stand out against the rest.

Preliminary Magazine Cover

This is the preliminary task that I completed on photoshop, using basic skills. It was the first time I had used photoshop, but I already had an idea about what I wanted to create. In general I think my idea worked quite well. Similarly to what I am creating now, I wanted to make my work look quite arty and fashionable. As we where asked to create a school magazine, I focused more on what would be a textiles or fashion department magazine. I chose the title "Boutons er flechettes" as it is french for buttons and zips, which I thought worked well as fashion is often linked with france and also it generally sounds more interesting than just being called "buttons and zips".

I also thought very carefully about the colour sheme I used. I wanted to be on trend and use fluorecent "rave" ish colours, so i opted for the neon pink colour and the light turquoise blue for the masthead. I think although these colours dont exactly match, the contrast makes it "work".

I also decided to edit the image and make it black and white. I felt the black and white looked very effective in comparison to the bright colour behind it. I also felt that by the main image being black and white, there was more room to play around with colour schemes because most colours will fit the black and white theme. It also gives it a "fashion" "stylish" effect, which being a fashion magazine, it needed to convey.

I also wanted to find a suitable font that also suited the genre of modern fashion and style. I felt the one I chose works perfectly and I really like it and think it looks professional as it has the shaddow effect on it.

I will use this to help me with my final front cover.