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Friday, 3 February 2017
Official Magazine Cover (Edit 5)
Photoshopped using: Adobe Photo Shop
Colours:
Masterhead - ffbbdf
Border - f7ec8d
Anchoring Text - ffbbdf (multiply)
Background part 1 - a5cbe8
Background part 2 - fcccc9
Font size:
Masterhead - 89
Anchoring Text - 40
Anchoring Text - 16
Font name: DIN Condensed and Times New Roman
Model: Seah Dragomir-Polya
Outlet: ASOS (T-shirt), NYX (Eyeliner and mascara), Boots (Lipstick)
Camera: Nikon P7100
Concept: Girly and young.
Official Magazine Cover (Edit 4)
Photoshopped using: Adobe Photo Shop
Colours:
Masterhead - 41ff53
Border - ff00ff
Anchoring Text - 1cfff6
Background - 0a0b00
Font size:
Masterhead - 438
Anchoring Text - 219
Font name: DIN Condensed
Model: Seah Dragomir-Polya
Outlet: ASOS (Jacket), NYX (Eyeliner and mascara)
Camera: Nikon P7100
Concept: Neon colours
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Official Magazine Double Page Spread (Edit 1)
Colours:
Black - 040b00
Blue - 00a3d0
Orange - ff7700
Font size:
Title - 128
Main text - 87
Quotes - 112
Font name:
Title - Francois One
Content - Sue Allen Francisco
Analysis of Magazine Cover Edit 3
The first thing that I was almost certain of when designing my magazine cover, was that I wanted only one, short coverline. This was motivated by Dazed and I-D magazines, which both advocate this structure. I think it's urban and modern, and it is more personal as it summarises the issue of the magazine or describes the artist. All the magazines which have a similar structure tend to have been made in a similar (and recent) time period, like Tank which was created in 1998, or I-D which was made in 1980, therefore I can assume that this layout is popular with young people which is preferred
considering the fact that the median age of a Cherry Bomb reader is 19. Additionally most of these magazines use a head shot so we only see the models face, however I wanted to show her jacket therefore I opted for a mid shot and she was instructed to turn fractionally rightwards to the camera, which added more dynamic to her face making it a key part of the picture.The main colours of the magazine are yellow, orange, blue, and purple. Colour is a pretty key part to making the front cover non-boring, and the colour of the jacket is the reason why I chose a mid-shot. Blue and purple are analogous, yellow and orange are also analogous, however
orange, and yellow colour scheme, I could probably continue this concept till the double page spread. The shades of yellow and orange I chose are mustardish and offish to some people, but quite daintily pretty and chillaxed to me, so I think they'll be percieved a variety of ways. Before choosing the shades, I was searching google images for magazines popular in the 1960's, and I found that a lot of them supported these shades of yellow and orange. I think this appealed to me as 'old magazines' are not typ ically a fascination for young people, apart from possibly youths who strive to enjoy things outside of
the mainstream, and so re-using a feature of old magazines will probably be enthused by Cherry Bomb's audience.I chose to make the coverline "evolving" partially because this word is interesting and captivating, and it makes the audience wanna know exactly what is the context. I mainly c hose to make the line "evolving" because it suits the colour scheme... The orange and yellows are oldish (inspired by the 1960's), the blue is modern and relevant to today (as block colours are trendy), and the jacket is futuristic (because it is holographic). So the link with evolution is the transition of colours.
Official Magazine Cover (Edit 3)
Colours:
Masterhead - ffcc5d
Border - ff9966
Anchoring Text Part 1 - ffe04a
Anchoring Text Part 2 - ff7700
Background - 00a3d0
Font size:
Masterhead - 438
Anchoring Text - 195
Font name: DIN Condensed
Model: Seah Dragomir-Polya
Outlet: ASOS (Jacket), HobbyCraft (Wallpaper), NYX (Eyeliner and mascara)
Camera: Nikon P7100
Concept: An evoloving and experimental musician.
Analysis of Contents Page (Edit 1)
The contents page of Cherry Bomb is my favourite part, because it is 100% a self-made idea. I decided to make the background lined A4 paper as the magazine doesn't aim to be illustrious or professional, instead it aims to be amateur and this simple and everyday background serves this purpose. Also it's not too bold with mainly white interjected by the tiniest bit of baby blue, therefore I think it suits.
The colour scheme on this page differs from the rest of the book as it's pink, white, blue, and black, Pink and blue are both fun, vibrant, and again, not too professional or sleek. I chose the image because I wanted pink and blue because in a stereotypical sense, blue epitomes boy and pink is the pinnacle colour for girls, and I don't want Cherry Bomb to sway more towards one gender than the other, because in it's rawest form, Cherry Bomb is a music magazine for young people, White is the main colour and the least present colour, as it was the colour of the canvas but only present via the transparent doodles or the transparent page lines.I think because it isn't excessively white, the colour doesn't look to simple or minimal, but instead just like a refined doodle pad.
The title of the contents page was ingredients because, essentially, ingredients are things which are combined to make a big thing. Ingredients is only really placed in the context of food, but I thought that this title suited the ostentatious and showy audience.
The main image differs from the cover image and double-page image as it's a different set of colours. I've said this before in a previous post but the image is dynamic and interesting as the model is shutting her eyes and sort of swaying her body and her frock, so I wanted to include this image. The image is framed with a poloroid as these are popular and also very casual, which is what Cherry Bomb strives for. The poloroid is tilted because I wanted it to look not-so geometric and precise, and like a dimensional poloroid inside an actual notepad.
I placed doodles in various parts of the book to make the book look like an authentic notepad with cute scribbles from the owner.
However, I'll have to recreate the cover as I used a secondary image to promote sponsoring the magazine, which isn't allowed.
I placed doodles in various parts of the book to make the book look like an authentic notepad with cute scribbles from the owner.
However, I'll have to recreate the cover as I used a secondary image to promote sponsoring the magazine, which isn't allowed.
Official Contents Page (Edit 1)
Colours:
Primary Colour (black) - 040b00
Secondary Colour (pink) - ff70bd
Font size:
Title - 86
Subtiltes - 38
Content - 35
Font name:
Title - Francois One
Content - Sue Allen Francisco
Model: Seah Dragomir-Polya
Outlet: ASOS (Dress), HobbyCraft (Wallpaper), NYX (Eyeliner and mascara)
Camera: Nikon P7100
Magazine Contents Page
Plan:
This is the template that I've made for the cover:The template looks overcrowded however I think that with a simplistic colour scheme, the contents page won't look too cluttered. Appose to "contents page" or "spread", I'll title my contents page 'ingredients' or something else synonymous because this is pretencious and that's perfect for attracting a audience of impressionable and aspiring-hipster teenagers and young adults. This is my colour scheme:
The left column is the colour options for the main body of text, the centre column are options for the background and the right column includes colours which may be included in one content's issue, however the colour will probably be angalous with either the front cover image or the photograph on the contents page, and there will only be one vibrant colour.
Official Magazine Cover (Edit 2)
Photoshopped using: Adobe Photo Shop and Meiku
Colours:
Masterhead - e20008
Border - ff6666
Anchoring Text - ff5d63
Font size:
Masterhead - 76
Anchoring Text - 48
Font name: Francois One
Model: Seah Dragomir-Polya
Outlet: ASOS (Jacket), HobbyCraft (Wallpaper), NYX (Eyeliner and mascara)
Camera: Nikon P7100
Concept: The Japanese 'kawaii' aesthetic and the japanese musical genre of J-Pop
Analysis of Magazine Cover's Edit 1
Layout choices discusses here and here
The first thing that I want to address with this cover is that the editing and the blocking of colour around the artist is very poor. I'd blame this on the fact that I used a web photo editor appose to Adobe's Photo Editor, as I had to precisely draw around Seah in a coloured paint, and obviously my hands shook around her legs and head. To target this next time I will use a qualified photo editor.
I chose the image because I thought that it was interesting and dynamicful due to the artiust closing their eyes, however now I regret it because I feel a close up shot would be more adaquet for the layout.
The colour scheme of blue and pink was decided based on the colour of the dress which had a blue smock and pink collars. Originally I wanted to make the colours more reddish to accompany the title as obviously with the word 'Cherry', most people envision red... however I thought that if I did this, then all issues would have to have red, white is very restricting. I think the colour scheme is aesthetically pleasing as I've chosen pastel shades, however I also think that it's a bit too mellow because they are all pastel shades, and there is not any vibrancy.
Critiques:
The first thing that I want to address with this cover is that the editing and the blocking of colour around the artist is very poor. I'd blame this on the fact that I used a web photo editor appose to Adobe's Photo Editor, as I had to precisely draw around Seah in a coloured paint, and obviously my hands shook around her legs and head. To target this next time I will use a qualified photo editor.
I chose the image because I thought that it was interesting and dynamicful due to the artiust closing their eyes, however now I regret it because I feel a close up shot would be more adaquet for the layout.
Concept:
The colour scheme of blue and pink was decided based on the colour of the dress which had a blue smock and pink collars. Originally I wanted to make the colours more reddish to accompany the title as obviously with the word 'Cherry', most people envision red... however I thought that if I did this, then all issues would have to have red, white is very restricting. I think the colour scheme is aesthetically pleasing as I've chosen pastel shades, however I also think that it's a bit too mellow because they are all pastel shades, and there is not any vibrancy.
Official Magazine Cover (Edit 1)
Photoshopped using: Pic Monkey Photo Editor
Colours:
Masterhead - 80eeff
Border - fcddcc
Anchoring Text - ffe3eb
Background - ed8793
Font size:
Masterhead - 245
Anchoring Text - 68
Font name: DIN Condensed
Model: Seah Dragomir-Polya
Outlet: Lazy Oaf X Disney (Dress), HobbyCraft (Wallpaper), NYX (Eyeliner and mascara)
Camera: Nikon P7100
Concept: For people within the girly, pink aesthetic
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Photos
I took all my pictures on a Nikon P7100 camera. I put coloured paper as the background as this will make it easier to photo edit a solid, block colour background. These are (some of) the pictures that were taken:
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Shot 3
Shot 4
Shot 5
Shot 6
Shot 7
Shot 8
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