Evaluation.

I am really happy with the front cover and I really enjoyed creating it.

My initial idea for my cover was to take half of Molly's face and half of Patricks then manipulate them together to create one.

When trying to accomplish this it was extremely difficult and in the end we realised that it would not work at all, the problem with my idea was that I had chosen two people with completely different face shapes and sizes which meant whenever we tried to put them together it was either the nose, eyes or hairline that I could not get to be level, therefore it looked nothing like a face, it was all out of proportion.

I decided to do this layout instead as I feel it still supports my idea of keeping the cover from being bias towards a gender, I also really like the layout and think it looks formal but fun.

I decided that I would use black and white for the pictures as I think it makes the students faces look smooth and gives the cover an eye catching effect. I decided to use red writing as I feel it jumps out of the page and adds to it being 'eye catching'

I have used three different font types on my page, one for the mast head, the contents and the across the top of patrick's head. I have done this to keep the text from looking plain/boring.

I have really enjoyed doing this project as I have liked being able to be in control and let my creative side out. Photoshop is an application that I have always wanted to use, so when I found out we would be using it I was really happy and excited to learn all the different techniques and to discover what the program could do.

Although I could not do my initial idea I am very happy with the outcome of my magazine.

If I was to do this again I would take more pictures and experiment with different props. I would also experiment with different effects on the picture to catch the reader eye.

My contents page for the magazine- I am really happy with this and would love to of seen what it would have looked like on an actual magazine.
I did the red text based on the design of the front cover so they both have some sort of link and don't look completely different.