My Final Designs (Double Page Spread)

My Final Designs (Contents Page)

My Final Designs (Front Cover)

Double Page Spread Speedwork

Contents Page Speedwork

Updated My Front Cover

I updated my front cover as it didn't match the other pages.

Double Page Spread

Reference for my Double Page Spread

As of now I am working on my double page spread but the dimensions are different to just adding two A4 pages. This is because there is some places you should avoid such as the central marginal area which is basically the middle area of the magazine that can't be seen.

My First Contents Page

This is my first attempt at making my proper contents page. In my opinions it looks unique and conventional at the same time. I made the background a zoomed in image of one of the photos of my model that I took by accident with a few filters and textures to make it look dark and gritty which goes with the conventions of a metal magazine. I kept to the colour scheme and I have also highlighted the main article which is about the band on the front cover (Ouroboros). Later I will quickly edit the recordings I took while making the contents page then I will get my friend to review it. I will upload this sometime in the near future.

My Friend Reviewing My Cover Photo

A Quick Thing I Threw Together as an Idea

I did this just to see how it would look and to test if my skills are good enough to pull this off but I tried to make it so one of the band members is in my school yearbook dressed in his costume with his name scratched off. This is to make his character mysterious and to make it look like he's the weird one of the group. I'm thinking of using this as either a contents page or a DPS, but I'm leaning more towards a DPS.

Process of Me Editing the Front Cover for my Magazine

My First Front Cover

This is my first attempt at my front cover for the magazine. I think it looks pretty good and the text fills the magazine cover so it doesn't look empty. I've taken a lot of influence from Metal Hammer to make the cover and I've added my own ideas to make it look like not a complete copy. I've also recorded me starting this from scratch, I just have to edit the video and speed it up then I will upload it. I will also ask a few people to see what they think I should add or if they like it how it is.

Process of Photography

One of my models trying on his outfit that I picked out for him.

I had to add black paint around my models eyes as his skin colour can clearly be seen through glass, this will make my job easier in post production.

Even though we can sort of see his skin colour, it will be easier to edit that out in post compared to before.

The costume for the bassist

The costume for the guitarist

The costume for the singer

Setting up the lights so I can get a clearer picture

Picture of me fiddling with the white balance on the camera

Models getting ready to get their photos taken

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All The Photos I Took in the Photoshoot

Double Page Spread Copy Mockup 2

This is my second mockup of the dps copy that I will be putting in my final product. I'm going to publish a survey asking which style they prefer and I will send them the mocks as examples.

Double Page Spread Copy Mockup 1

This is my first go at a Double Page Spread. For this mockup I decided to go for more of a Q&A rather than just the band talking about one subject. In my next mockup I'm going to take a different approach at my double page spread. Once I'm done with both I'm going to ask my peers what they think is better and I will use that as my final double page spread copy.