Changes Made Part 3

First Front Cover

This was the intial front cover that I had tried to make. The inital response from my peers was not as I had intended as one comment I received was that my font looked as if 'It was from WordArt'. With a comment like that I knew quite a lot of changes would have to be made. The font, puff and maybe text could of done with changes. I did however receive compliments on the picture I had used as the background and the banner at the bottom, so I didn't change these areas when it came to improving what I had done.

This is an improved version of what I had done on my front cover. The new masthead received a lot of compliments and seemed to get a good response. A few things were added like the date, issue and price and the barcode which is essential to the magazine. A few tiny changes were even made to this choice for the final cover however the changes are minor e.g (less of a stroke on the puff, and smaller barcode size)

Changes Made Part 2

Bad Choice of Masthead

Initially I was apprehensive about using this masthead due to my fellow colleagues not particularly liking it. When I first found it however, I thought it would fit efficiently onto my magazine however advice from my audience made me choose otherwise. When I had tried to fit this masthead onto my magazine it didnt look right or suit my colour scheme either. My white, black and red scheme didn't go well with this as I had imagined it would.

This ended up being the final choice for my masthead. It is a drastic change from the intended choice, however I feel that this change was efficient in making my magazine fit in with my colour scheme and give a more 'rap' vibe as well. I liked the shadow effect that I had given the font as I didn't want a solid font I wanted that edgy effect to go with it. I realised that this font was appreciated more by my focus group and colleagues therefore I felt that it would be a good decision to chnage it. As the first masthead choice did not get the response I had initially intended it would get.

Changes Made Part 1

First Choice

 I felt that the backdrop of my first choice was not as professional as I would've liked a rap magazine to look. It also wouldn't necessarily tie in with my colour scheme as I would of wanted the main colour to be black with extra red and white fonts, not the other way round.I think this change was for the better as I 'm definitely happier with the photo I chose rather than my first choice. Not many rap magazines are against a white background and if they are a large amount of editing is used to make up for it. I realised that this wasn't the best cover as I couldn't visualise it myself as a rap magazine cover. Therefore, if I couldn't even visualise this as the cover, how could I carry on?

Photo I Chose

I initially was going to have the photo of my model infront of a white backdrop however, this is the photo I have used for my front cover. I used the magic wand tool to smooth the background and get rid of the bizarre colour change on the background. I also cropped the length of the image as its clearly too wide to put on a front cover. I appreciate the background also as it ties in well with my colour scheme which was black, white and red. This worked very well with my newly changed brand which consisted of a bold red font as oppose to the silver one I had intended to have before.