project#1

Magazine Cover Design Reflection

Vanessa Lameiro

This assignment we were to create a magazine with our self on the cover. The cover was supposed to represent what we want to succeed in the future. First we had to figure out what we wanted to do and to be famous for. Then we wrote down who our target audience is and what we are going to do to make people pick up the magazine. We also worked on headlines and the layout of the cover.  Then we took pictures and uploading them to our laptop.  Then the picture was open up with Photoshop and I was off to do what ever I want to create my magazine cover.

My magazine is a Elle magazine. Elle is written big on the top in lime green. I’m on the cover wearing a pink sweater and checkered tie and I’m standing in my studio. My headlines say “designer of the year”, “ells new look”, and “top thing you need in your closet.”  “Make our own jewelry. The cover is very bright and colorful but also plain and simple.

I was trying to get people to pick the magazine up with all the colors and friendliness of the cover. I kept things simple so it wont be too much to look at but also it can catch your attention if u look at it. I put the back round to make it look like I was a professional and that picture was taking straight from my studio.

I feel like I could of done a lot better on this project. It was my first time using Photoshop and I got very frustrated when things didn’t want to come out right. So that put me behind by a lot and I felt rushed at the end to complete this project. I could improve on the headlines of the magazine a lot more.  I think some of them are hard to read or the color doesn’t clash well with the magazine.