I chose to pick a blackbackground for mymagazine becausedespite most of themagazines I cameacross during myresearch, most of themhad a white or neutralbackground and Iwanted my collegemagazine to be morebold.

When it came to designing my frontcover I thought I woulduse Photoshop to addsome graphicsbefore I added themain photo, this isbecause although Iwanted to draw theattention to my photo,I thought that it wouldadd more colour andmake an otherwise bland front cover moreinteresting and moreappealing to students.

All the brushes werefound onhttp://psbrushes.net

I wanted my magazineto be colourful andappealing but alsounisex, for example, the magazine for theLondon College ofFashion was interestingbut based on colour andlayout it was aimed ata predominantly femaleaudience. So I thoughtI would download brushes both masculineand feminine,for example, the pinktape and red lipscontrast with the greengasmask and themustard yellowwarning sign, but stilllook good on the samepage.

I took a number ofphotos of Kyanna for my magazine front cover, I chose this one however, because it gives the magazine a sort of edgy look, and includes both the drawings on her face, which I wanted incorporated into the art side of my college, but also some musical aspects, which is why I gave her a set of headphones to wear, I used the Polygonal Lasso Tool on Photoshop to eliminate the background.

I had some difficultieswhen it came toselecting a title for mymagazine, I wanted it to be humorous but not too obvious or brazen, I thought “Waste Of Paper” would be an interesting title, and plus the concept behind it fit in with the style of my magazine contents pages.I used a font fromwww.dafont.com

I wanted a “quote” to use for my front cover that wasn’t too outrageous, but still what I thought would make students want to read it but I had to be careful that it didn’t either advocate the use of drugs, or be preachy towards students about drug use. I used a bold white font for this because it co-ordinated with the title as well as stand out against the black background.

For my skyline, I wanted it to keep in with the sense of humour included with my title, as well as use the same font as Kyanna’s quote.

For the information about the magazine, the name of the college and the price, I wanted people to be able to read it, but for it not to take too much space or draw attention away from any of the front cover’s other features.