Pug

I had altered the pug from what I planned as I planned to giveaway 5 posters but then I felt it was better as: “3 free posters” because it turns into a pun which would appeal more to the teenage audience I’m aiming for.

I linked the three images together – with ‘link layers’ I used the stroke tool to add a thick electric blue stroke – to make this lure stand out The images were naturally dark so I manipulated the image with brightness and contrast tools. The “3” is a font from dafont, to which I screenshot, used magic wand and the crop tool. I believe this font looks

modern and so applies to teenagers of today. “Free Posters” is arched – using the text shaping tool.

Cover lines

The cover lines didn’t go as I planned, if I had located them in the left sector- as intended – the image would have been blocked so I moved them to the right and brought up the main cover line so it stands out as the main cover line. However it still makes sense that the main cover line is in the left region of the cover because conventionally important elements are placed here.

I inserted a rectangle, with the shape tool. I used colour overlay to change the default colour so

it was grey I applied an electric blue drop shadow. I used a black stroke to define the rectangles more To save me from inserting the same rectangle

repeatedly I ‘duplicated’ the layers – to save time. I Moved the cover line text over the rectangles and

used the keyboard arrow keys to move them to central. I found this a more precise way to move objects.

After this I linked the text with the rectangles with ‘link layers’ so that if they had to be moved I can move the whole thing.

Text Manipulation

“New kids”, “ Revealed”

This is text that act as lures into the magazine and highlight aspects of the cover lines to emphasise them and create hype – it is effective to create excitement to teenagers.

I used the Text shaping tool to make the text into an “arch” I was able to manipulate it so that the degrees of the ‘bend’ was to my liking.

I also added a basic drop shadow so that they stand out from the background

The Masthead:

First of all, I got the font from ‘dafont’ ‘Gothic – Modern- Gods of War’ so I screenshot that.

I used the crop tool to crop out the rest of the page

I used the magic wand tool to remove the background.

I used a drop shadow in a black colour; this made the genre of rock more apparent as dark colours are more associated with rock. It was the first time I used drop shadow and after discovering this used it a lot after.

I also applied a thin white stroke to the masthead – this was to make it stand out a bit and separate the drop shadow out from the text.

With the guitar, I added a drop shadow of electric blue, the colour suits the target audience as bright colours suit young audiences and teens, it also suits the genre as bold colours as well as dark go with rock.

For the first time, I linked layers between the ‘b’ and the guitar and used text wrap to position the B in front. I did this to further emphasise the genre of rock as electric guitar stereotypically portrays rock and in the questionaire

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