My inspiration has come from various cultures and magazines, but only a few have really inspired me for my magazine. The magazines that have influenced mine are esquire and complex. The reasons why they both have influcned my magazine are because of the variety of mid-shots and long-shots that they use on their front covers. This has influenced my front cover to contain a mid-shot / long-shot for the front of my cover. Complex have also gave me a lot of inspiration, as this is what my magazine is based on (Fashion and Hip-Hop influences). And that fact that they use photoshop skills to create effects to their front cover. Esquire have mainly influenced me with the mid shots - long shots while i prefer the complex layout and creativity. Here is some front covers which have influenced my magazine cover.
For this magazine, i like how the use of Photoshop is used to create the effects. This is what i'm looking at doing for my front cover of my magazine as it is more eye catching to the audience. I also like how sketches of cartoons are added to the magazine. I may take this and create my own cartoons and scan them onto Photoshop and edit them for my magazine.
With this magazine from Complex, i like how minimal the cover lines are but still effective and let the customer want to buy the magazine to read more. I aim to do this with my magazine.
With this magazine, i like how they used a mid-shot for the photo. This will influence me to take a mid-shot photo for my magazine front cover, like this one.
Here is a rough mock up layout off my double page spread that i have created. I will use this template but i may change the position of the template when creating my draft and final design.
Here is a rough mock up layout off my contents page that i have created. I will use this template but i may change the position of the template when creating my draft and final design.
Here is a rough mock up layout off my front cover that i have created. I will use this template but i may change the position of the template when creating my draft and final design.
Before taking my test shots, i was behind with work and could not use the particular person i wanted for my test shots, so i then went to a female friend of mine to help me do the test shots and that i would dress her in my clothes. After getting to the destination of the photo shoot and taking photo's off jess. I thought that it would be better for a male to be used, so i had to use myself and used a tri-pod and self-timer on my camera to capture images off myself. I did this because my magazine is aimed at male's and not female's, even though it's just test shots. It did have an advantage of using myself though, as i could use my imagination to take the pictures, but it would of been better if it was someone else posing and me doing the camera work, instead of both. After taking the photos, i found which photos worked well and which didn't, which i will use full advantage of when taking the main pictures. After selecting the test photos which i would like to use for my draft magazine, i will start to edit them on Photoshop, so that they look the way i want them to be. It's hard to show that it's a rap magazine through pictures, as rappers do not hold a microphone in their hand 24/7, but the backdrop indicate this as it's a graphite wall and the clothing which is worn (streetware). To show that it's a rap magazine, i will show it through the text that i will be using.
When testing other fonts, i came across this one called 'Transformers' on http://www.dafont.com/. I liked this font at the start but did not think it would work on my front cover. After testing it, it worked perfectly so that it attracts the audience's attention but still allows the main image to be dominant.
For this magazine, i like how the use of Photoshop is used to create the effects. This is what i'm looking at doing for my front cover of my magazine as it is more eye catching to the audience. I also like how sketches of cartoons are added to the magazine. I may take this and create my own cartoons and scan them onto Photoshop and edit them for my magazine.
With this magazine from Complex, i like how minimal the cover lines are but still effective and let the customer want to buy the magazine to read more. I aim to do this with my magazine.
