Changes applied

I looked back at my front cover and thought something was missing. Then I decided to add more text and use more editing skills on my front cover which I did by changing the font to something clearer but bold which was 'Impact' and adding drop shadows and strokes in the selected text.

Due to having to add more text on my front cover and making it look more like a real magazine front cover, I had to re-do my contents page text which I did so. I have changed my layout of my contents page slightly because there was a load of text and was not fitting in as I planned it on my contents page flat plan. I have not fully finished creating my contents page as I have one more image to fit on to it but here is my changed & improved front cover:

DPS title

The reason why my title is 'Jaya @ 4:00' is because as I did my research before at looking at different double page spread's for Hip Hop magazines, a particular double page spread caught my attention and thought it would work well if I was to follow the convention of it. Here is what it looks like:

Where I am currently with creating my double page spread is I have only placed the main image, the small image, the big quotation and importantly the heading for the article.

The colour scheme of black, yellow/orange, white and black is consisntly running through out my front cover, contents page and double page spread (as you can see with the title.) The effect of the time in the title shows that the artist is present with the interviewer (which would be the magazine people).

My front cover

Here is my compelted front cover image I created on PhotoShop. I have followed my flat plan but the changes I have applied is how the front image is and what my artist/model is wearing and adding extra's in as I noticed it was part of my convention and the magazine front cover I was using for my inpiration e.g. a website ''UpBeatz.com'' and adding an issue number around the magazine name.

Contents page so far

I created my contents page on photoshop as I found it easier as I was used to photoshop more. I did not find anything different with what I could not and can do in both programs. Working from my flat plan for my contents page, I started to apply couple images before I entered my text which I did so and here is where I am so far.

All I need to do is add two more images on to my contents page then it would become complete according to my flat plan. The things I have changed is that I decided to add in the magazine name in small on the top right hand side of the page as the page before looked much plainer. I also kept the concept of the theme colour and font of red, black on a white background, following my convention.

Editing DPS main picture

As usual, I visited my favourite website befunky.com. What I did with my main double page spread image is adjust the brightness and contrast. This would give my image a more vibrant and defined look as it goes with my convention. Here is what my final double page spread main image is:

Here is how I edited my image:

What inspired me to adjust the brightness and contrast of my image is I had been doing research on Hip Hop female artist photo shoot's to see what the convention is and here is what I used to help me edit my image:

 As you can see this image is bright and you can see each feature in detail which seems more effective. Also you feel more involved when you are looking at the image due to the artist looking direct at the audience.