Finished Front Covers

These are my finished front covers:

Folk Magazine Front Cover

Classical Magazine Front Cover

Creating my Classical Magazine Cover

Here are some screenshots of the editing for my classical magazine front cover:

I also created the 'free cd' for the front cover using photoshop. Here is the original photo and the CD cover:

Creating my Folk Magazine Cover

Here is the work I have done so far on my folk magazine front cover:

Photoshop for Front Covers

I decided that the two photos I wanted to use for my front covers were:

For my folk magazine front cover, the location for the photo looked as I wanted it to so the only thing I edited on photoshop was the colour scheme and contrast. Here is the finished front cover photo:

For my classical magazine front cover, there was an electrical wire and objects on the floor which needed to be hidden using photoshop, as well as making the photo look more warm and homely. Here is the photo after the photoshop was completed:

I think that I used enough photoshop to improve the colours and quality of my photos while still ensuring that they look realistic and not over worked.

Survey Results

After receiving lots of responses to my survey about names for my magazines, I have decided to call my folk magazine Offbeat and my classical magazine Harmonious. 

Photoshoot: Classical Magazine

For my classical magazine photoshoot, my model has sophisticated dress codes of a black dress, fur coat and red lipstick as the magazine is aimed at an older audience than my folk magazine. The location is an old fireplace in a country house with iconography of the fireplace, wood and vases. This connotes calmness and fits with the style of music itself, and this setting may be something the audience themselves aspire to live in. There is a colour palette of warm browns and reds, fitting with the snug homely atmosphere. The use of the violin fits with other classical magazines I have looked at (Gramophone and Classical Music) which often use the instrument the artist plays in the photoshoot. Here are some of the photos I have taken:

Photoshoot: Folk Magazine

For my folk magazine front cover, I decided to do a photoshoot in a forest as it was starting to become dark. I styled my model with a dusky colour palette featuring browns, greys and dim blues. The coat, wellington boots and hat fit with the cold, dark surroundings for the December edition of the magazine. Simple, naturalistic hair and make up fit with the outdoor location I used, and the guitar accentuates the folk style of the artist. I took photos in many different locations around the forest and I am really happy with the outcome of the photoshoot. Here are some of the photos I took: