1. My Music
Magazine

2. PHOTOSHOOT AND IMAGE
CHOICE

3. I didn’t use this image because its not suitable for the front
cover. The background is too busy and there is a person
walking in the background. Also, the importance of the model
is taken away because of her positioning. The denotation of
the model sitting on the floor could have the connotation of
less importance. I don’t like the facial expression of the model
as her smile seems a little fake and not suitable for the
magazine.
I didn’t choose this picture because of the
background and the models eye contact. The
background is too busy and there are people walking
around. The model isn't looking directly at the camera,
which is what I was looking for. Also, the model is
turned away and this makes the picture unsuitable for
the front cover.

4. This picture wasn’t chosen because the
model is looking away from the camera. I
needed direct eye contact for the front cover.
Also, because the model is turning away, her
positioning on the cover wouldn’t have
followed the eye flow. If I used this picture,
the model would have taken too much space
up as the picture was taken too high up.
For this picture, I tried to make my model
laugh. Although it does look real, It doesn’t
look like it belongs on the cover of a music
magazine. I prefer the model to be straight
faced and the picture was taken to high up to
be the cover as I would have lied the text to be
covering the models head.

5. I didn’t use this picture because I caught the
mode off – guard. From her hand and facial
expressions the model looks unsure and this
wouldn’t be good for the front cover. This
picture could potentially be good for inside my
magazine, I could use it on my Table of
contents to show behind the scenes of the
photoshoot.
I like this picture but I don’t feel its
suitable for the music magazine. On
typcial music magazines the model tends
to have a straight expression but I decided
to try out a more relaxed pose for my
model. I prefer a staight face to the
laughing one.

6. Chosen Picture
I chose this picture because I felt it was
really suitable for the magazine cover.
The model has direct contact with the
camera which is typical of many music
magazines. The background is plain and
simple and I really liked the colour of the
bricks. The facial expression is suitable
and appears to be more suitable for the
magazine as the model seems like a
more of a ‘serious’ musician to when the
model was pretending to laugh. The
positioning of the model is really good
too, there's plenty of room for the
masthead and the kickers. With
Photoshop, I can change the lighting to
make it appear more sunny.

7. FIRST DRAFT

8. Initially, I made two versions of the magazine. This is because I wasn’t sure whether to do
it in black and white or colour. I tried to make both the magazines very simplistic whilst
still trying to look like a mainstream music magazine. I kept the name of my model the
same as this is more realistic.

9. Chosen
First
draft.

10. I chose this cover because I feel its better than
the black and white one. Although, I do like some
aspects of the black and white one, in particular
the small box I used to show more artists. I like
the colour scheme of this because it looks like a
mix of pop and rock and that’s what I was looking
for. The people who answered my questionnaire
also said they like black, white and red the most
as a colour scheme. I made a splatter just to
include a small bit of insight to the magazine. I
made the drip using the smudge tool on
Photoshop. Using Photoshop, I also modified the
model, I made her skin appear smoother and I
also highlighted her lips to match the red colour
scheme and changed the colour of her eyes to
match her necklace. I also took out the colour
from the background as I felt the red from the
bricks was too busy and this makes the musician
on the cover stand out even more. I lightened up
the picture to bring a sunnier feel to it.

11. FEEDBACK

12. Could make the title
bigger and put it
behind her head.
This splatter isn't in
proportion to the rest of
the magazine. Make it
smaller.
You could make the
whole picture black
and white, layer it
and rub out the
black and white
instead.
Add the issue
number, price and
website to the
barcode.
The date should be
added, either under
the title or with the
barcode.
Try to add a selling
line.
The colour of the lips
has gone too far over,
try to make it more
realistic.

13. SECOND DRAFT

15. I changed the colour
of her lips and
softened the light on
that layer to make it
seem more natural.
I made the title
bigger and rubbed
out any parts in front
of the model.
I added a price, issue
number and website
address to the barcode
and changed its
positioning
I changed the size of
the splatter and the
positing and deleted
the kicker and
explanatory because
I felt it was too busy.
I added the small box
from the other first
draft to give more on
an insight to the
magazine.
I added a date
under the title to
make it look more
professional.
I lined up the text
above and below
‘Sara Killeen’ so that
it wasn’t overlapping.
I changed the colour
of the ‘Sara Killeen’
text to match the
other red on the page.