This is my draft of my contents page. I've included all the basic connotations of magazine cover in my drawings. The purpose of my template is to give me a basic understanding of how I want my front cover to look like.

Possible bright strap line

Different cover lines

Coloured background?

Even though I made a sketch of my template, I wanted to visually see how I can begin my front cover by making another brief template using adobe Photoshop. This helped me dramatically because I was able to see were I can literally place my images and texts on my cover.

Gradient tool was used to create the background

I airbrushed the main image to make the skin complexion appear without blemishes and to look clearer. I used the blur tool to help me do this. The blur tool softens hard edges and reduces detail in the image

BEFORE

AFTER

Here is the outcome of my cover so far. I’ve included all the expected connotations of a magazine. I first started by using my draft as a template, this helped a lot in understanding in how I can mentally see how my magazine would look like. I used different colours and fonts for the text and I’ve included images that relate to my magazine.

Dafont.com helped supply me with the correct font I needed. This is because it is “high school” related. The graffiti

The main image covered the whole page. No input of background was needed.

Here is my sketch of my magazine cover. Because I’m new to using the software intended to create my contents page, my template is very useful in helping me to understand how I want my contents to look like.

I intend on separating my page into two grids.

I’m going to use frames to help me position my images.

I started creating my contents page on Adobe Photoshop CS3 this is because it helps me visually see how I’m going to begin on Adobe InDesign CS3

I inputted a background. I liked the paint splash effect because it gave the contents page and urban feel.

I also done basic shapes, and inputted some of my images to see how it will look like

Grids to position writing on page

Frames to help position images

Layer box helped me organise my designing

I uses InDesign to continue producing my contents. It was far more useful and productive than Adobe Photoshop because it included more tools to focus on detail.

InDesign helped me focus on the text detail. I was able to create some effects with the text and I was able to position them properly.

I tried to ensure that the text stayed within the grid