Magazine Practise

I created a Big Issue front cover in an hour. This is the final result:

This is the cover I created. I based it off this cover in both layout and image placement:

I also based the idea of the cover to be about houseless Dogs after I read the Christmas special:

 

The idea was also inspired off of the Dogs Are For Life, Not Just For Christmas movement. I took the main image from the Dogs Trust website, with the idea that my cover would be a colab with Dogs Trust, hence the yellow colour scheme. I paired the yellow with the red, because red is an eye catching colour and contrasts well with the yellow. The main image has a slightly less good quality than I'd have liked, but because this was just a practise and I was running out of time I made the decision to use this image. I knew that I could encorporate it well into a front cover due to it's simplicity

Beauty Advert

Beauty Advert

 I took the picture of this on the bus with a rainy background to connote that the audience can feel beautiful no matter where they are, or what the circumstances are. The use of a hashtag at the bottom of the advert helps create an active audience, as the audience will be able to use the hashtag to promote Suddenly Fragrance. I tried to use a simple colour palette, with oranges and yellows being used to stand out and contrast against the background grey-blue. However, the foreground needs to be more distinguished from the background

Advert for SHSG 6th Form

SHSG 6th Form Advert

After studying former SHSG 6th form adverts, I noticed a convention of using an image of the headteacher at the centre bottom of the advert. I tried to use a shot using depth of field, however I do need to work on the blurring effect. A halo effect was attempted around the headteacher, I used an airbrush to help him glow. It didn't make the intended effect, but helps make the image stand out.