Front cover: Version 2

RARE Contents page

New Contents Flatplan

Contents page design

This was the beginning of my contents page, referring to my flat plan. Despite it following my original image, I feel like the overall design does not have connotations of an indie genre. I think the structured layout resembles more of a classical feel. I also think there is too much writing, and the page appears cluttered. I have also left only little spaces for my main feature pictures, putting little emphasis on them.I think my design need to be slightly more minimalistic will less writing, perhaps only for the features. I also will leave more space for photos, and make it slightly less structured. I have thus decided to change my design and draw a new flat plan.

Use of Photoshop on my cover

I used my previous knowledge of "file, place" to insert my picture into photoshop, and adjusted the hue/saturation to give my picture the slightly off colour vintage effect which will appeal to my target audience.

I then zoomed in and used the spot healing brush to remove any imperfections on my models face, including spots and skin creases.

I also learned to group layers using the keyboard short cut 'Control G' Which allowed me to move groups of my cover lines easily.










I then used the 'colour pick' tool to select various colours in my background photo and match them with my font. This allowed me to experiment with establishing a house style and colour scheme.