PRELIM TASK:Front Cover Changes and Construction

After I got feedback from my teachers and my peers, I decided to change some features and elements on my cover page.
This was my original cover page. I thought I had completed my cover and that it looked good but when I came to notice all the flaws, I had a lot of elements to fix. First of all, my masthead was covering the model's forehead and this wasn't a good thing so that was one thing I had to change. Also, the model's name (Yasmine Cerbah) had the white bit visible inside the bold letters. To add to this the '5' graphic was placed well however, its caption wasn't positioned well and the fact that it is just in a line, doesn't make it intriguing but makes it simple and boring. There was too much text at the left hand side of the cover and so I decided to change this element and make it shorter.

Here is the edited cover. As you can see, I have moved the model down so that the masthead doesn't cover her forehead but covers her hair which is acceptable. The 'fabulous outfit ideas' caption has been positioned differently in this version and personally, I like this better. The model's name is a little smaller but it doesn't contain any white spaces anymore. The long text has been shortened to something easier to read and a barcode has been added which says 'college inc' and this informs readers that this magazine is targeted towards sixth form and college students. In this one, the text was a little too big so I changed it to make it smaller so that it was clear enough to read but not too big and taking up the whole space. I like this because the space has been used up effectively and there isn't too much crammed into one space. Overall, the changes are very clear and show a huge transformation from the first version to the second version of the cover page.

This was my finished and complete cover page. After all the trial and improvements, this was the outcome. Personally, I really like it because the colours all compliment each other and because the background is off white/grey, any colour looks good on it. The combination of the model's green backpack and the pink book inside the model's folder, go well with each other and these two colours have been mainly used throughout the cover page. The masthead just covers her hair which is acceptable because it doesn't cover her forehead. The three graphics used also compliment each other as the same colour combination has been used for two of them and for the last graphic, a multiple of colours have been used and so the variety of colours for the fonts also looked good and didn't look mismatched. I have used a number of fonts on my cover page to not make it simplistic and boring however, I didn't use too many to make it overwhelming for the readers. The barcode is a good element which lets readers know that the magazine is aimed at college students. The smile on the model's face is the biggest pull factor and a quote at the bottom is very inspiring however, at the start, it is a little ambiguous. Overall, I like what I have produced as this was my first time ever that I used photoshop.