In this assignment we were told to create a magazine cover featuring ourselves. The steps I took were to first insert the base image of me for the magazine. Next we had to find the logo of the magazine on Google. What we had to do with the logo was to cut out only the logo and paste it onto the magazine cover. Then we had to come up with headlines that relate to the topic that our magazine was about.
My magazine cover has a picture of me skating. It was based off of “Thrasher Magazine.” It also has a kind of double image effect. I did that because the original image was a little too small and I had to fill up the spaces but I guess it fits well with the image.
The communication through my magazine cover is pretty self-explanatory. Just by looking at it you’ll obviously think it’s a skateboarding magazine. Well the background was a little spot downtown with a decent drop. The colors I used were just colors that I thought fit. Not really much meaning with colors.
Looking at the rubric, I do feel that my finished work is successful. I think it looks organized and not sloppy. I think the area I could improve on is color choice. I hate dealing with colors because I’m just not good choosing or executing color, but that’s just my own opinion. Overall I thought this was a fun project and my design came out pretty well.
