Message To Moderator

"Dear moderator,


My chosen brief was to create a cover page, contents and double page of a new magazine called CMB (Country Music Board). I worked as individually to complete my coursework and I'm quite enjoy the process of the creation of my country genre magazine. My blog is best viewed using Google Chrome. I hope you enjoy my work."


Yours faithfully, Eva. (Picture below)



                                               

Magazine Double Page Improvement 3

1.The headline of the article. The old one is"1995 BREAK UP THE SALES WEEK RECORD      SINCE 2003". It's really hard for readers know what the article is about in a jerk. So Sally advised me to change it into something can relate to my background with snow. At last we decide create the headline with a subhead"I MAY BE ICE COOL BUT MY NEW ALBUM IS REALLY HOT!--my second album smashed the record books! I think this headline is very individuation, so it not only can help me attract the readers but also let them know the theme of the texts.

2.Make my layout more professional:
  *Using warp text, make texts warp around the image
  *Adding a small image at the bottom.
  *Creating a sentence and put it in the middle of the texts.
  *Adding something like a tips with something can make the      
    readers look forward to it.

3.Reason why delete the snowman: It's not really relate to my double page although the effect of the  background is snowy. But it's just my opinion.




                             

Final Magazine Double Page

Here is my Double Page. The difference between the final and the improvement 3 is I deleted the candy stick and the book in order to make the whole page more professional. I also moved the texts up because in improvement 3, some texts are on the edge so readers can't read it. And I checked again whether there's any spelling mistakes. Now I'm quite happy with what I've done.  

Final Magazine Cover Page

Here my final magazine cover page by using Photoshop. The technique I use was easy(eg. using the Magnetic Lasso Tool to cut along the edge of an image;using the tool which can draw shapes), but they are really effective and I'm quite happy with that. I try to include all the elements in my magazine, their make my magazine look more professional therefore can help me attract my customers to buy it. 

There also some improvement:
1. I make my masthead much bigger than before, so readers can clearly separate the masthead and the  headline.
2. I only chose 5 different fonts on the Cover in order to make it more professional, I also delete some informations for people easy to read through it.
3. I change the colour of the puffs, now it can relate to the pink font much better.