Construction
How did your skills develop and how is this evident?
Front Cover
Another notable skill that I gained and improved from my preliminary task to my final product is the use of drop shadows and other effects. As you can see, the preliminary front cover lacks any livelihood to it; it's dull and plain. Meanwhile, my final product contains the uses of drop shadows to create a 3D effect which helps accentuate certain features of the magazine like the masthead, anchorage and other plugs.
Content Page
Preliminary Contents Page
Contents Page - First Try
Contents Page - Final
This contains a more minimalist approach to the magazine. I adjusted my previous contents page to this, by placing Sarah's photo to take up the most space whilst having Kobe's photo in between hers and the pink gradient box: this creates some form of contrast and framing for Kobe's photo as he is in between two colourful photos. I learnt how to use simple tools (such as the marquee tool) and pair them with other functions such as drop shadows or layer filters to generate the appropriate backgrounds for the text.
DPS
I changed my article content (which was very sex and drugs oriented, with profanity here and there) to something more unconventional and oriented on music and the origins of the artist. You can also see the improvement of my language and lack of excess hyphens because of the odd columns. I also swapped the articles around so that it's less confusing for readers (since we read left to right not right to left)!