AS Media Coursework: Main Task: Front Cover

After deciding on the style model for my magazine, and taking the appropriate pictures for my magazine, I started to create the front cover for it.

The Original Image

For my main image, I chose the image above after taking a few different shots. I chose this due to it's blurry nature. From there, I cropped it down and resized it, and removed the background before putting a black and white filter onto it. From there I blurred it slightly and took the opacity down.

The Final Image.

For my background, I searched for an alleyway on images and found this.

The Original Image

From there, I cropped it down to fit the page and put a black and white filter onto it.

The Final Image.

For one of the secondary images on the page, I chose the Misfits skull as it fit into the supposed articles that I wanted in my magazine.

The Original Image

From there, I removed the background, resized the image to make it smaller on the page and but a drop shadow and bevel onto it to make it stand out against the eventual dark background of the page and give it depth.

The Final Image.

For my second secondary image, to continue with the same sub-headline, I had to find the logo to go with the misfits skull.

The Original Image

From there, I removed the background and resized the image before putting a drop shadow onto it.

The Final Image.

Again for my third secondary image, to make up a headline of it's own I cropped down a photo of a cd to use the back name and logo.

The Original Image

Again, I cropped down the image before removing the background and resizing it while adding a drop shadow.

The Final Image.

I did this again to the logo, and got a similar result.

The Final Image.

The fourth and last of my secondary images was of Joan Jett and the Black Hearts.

The Original Image

From there, I cropped down the image, removed the background and resized it before putting a black and white filter onto it, while also putting in a drop shadow to give it depth.