CONTENTS PAGE: Feedback

            

CONTENTS PAGE: Colour Choices

CONTENTS PAGE: Texts/Features

CONTENTS PAGE: Image Choice

I chose this photo for my contents page because it is able to let me zoom in and crop it to focus on the space to the right of her for my articles. I successfully managed to get the orange-tinted outline of the model by taking the photo in a dark room with the flash on; this helps the image look more interesting and unique. The model's angle of gaze is strong even with the messy hair going over her face which I think is a nice detail. The dark and powerful eyes are juxtaposed by the elegant hand on her mouth and the pink sweater. 

CONTENTS PAGE: Layout

CONTENTS PAGE: Research/Deconstruction

In this post I will deconstruct two Korean magazine contents pages that I will use to model and inspire my contents page.

Firstly, I loved the image and it's positioning; model's head and body balances well with the negative space in front of him; the use of bricks as a background fills it. His angle of gaze and laid back body language adds mystery and wonder to him.

The use of sans-serif font gives it a modern look that links with the model's clothing as in Korea, fashion is very popular and well-thought of. The bolder, classic fonts as headers contrasting the captions is a pleasant layout and is simple.

A lot like the first contents page I have shown, the model's angle of gaze is away, adding mystery however my model's angle of gaze will be at the reader; although the gaze is different, they both will look innocent and soft with a hand on the mouth.

I love the thin, simple text for the headers that match the page numbers; it lets you focus on the image more.

The introductory paragraph is a very cool idea and the separators organize the whole layout pleasantly.

FRONT COVER: Feedback

In this Prezi, I present three young people from my target audience and their opinions also asking them on what I could improve on.

           

FRONT COVER: Key Front Cover Features Linked With Research

FRONT COVER: Masthead and Font Decisions

Here I feature the first ideas I have on my masthead's & artist's name font as well as the final decisions and why I chose the official fonts.

        

Masthead and Font Decisions from Ali Teri

FRONT COVER: Final Shot Manipulation

Whilst researching and from my own knowledge, I know that most female Kpop groups & artists are represented much more girly with features such as makeup consisting of girly colours, longer hair and clothing such as skirts and dresses with thigh-high socks as well as MV styles and concepts. This inspired me to have my model wear a pink shirt as pink is usually 

represented with femininity. To create my feature colour, I matched the pink shirt with a pink eyeshadow look and a cat eyeliner; Korean makeup is often very natural,  especially when it comes to eyeliner (they often draw a very small line to simply elongate the shape) as the obssession is more about dewy, moisturized skin. However I made sure my model's eyeliner was a little more heavier and over her mono-lids as well as using a highly-pigmented, vibrant pink eyeshadow for it to really pop on my front cover and represent her cool persona.

For my model's hairstyle, I wanted it to be slick, long and dark to make her look more original and contrast with the girly-coloured makeup & clothing choice. Inspired by Kpop artist, CL, I wanted her face to stand out more than her hair which is why I went for a simpler look.

All of these ideas and sources of Korean pop culture, makeup and fashion helped me create the image of my artist:

FRONT COVER: Editing on The Final Shot

When working with my final shot, I did not have to edit anything on my model's face (scars, pimples, marks, dark circles, etc) however as I added my front covers features such as the bright background and vibrantly-coloured artist name, the shot ended up looking very washed out; I edited the photograph at two separate points during the construction of my front page:

As you can see on the left image, the photo looks faded and unsaturated. At this moment, I opened the Levels of the photo and increased the contrast and shadowing as well as decreasing the exposure and brightness.

I then began to add more colour with my artist's name and still felt like the image was too faint so I opened the Hue/Saturation editor and increased the saturation. After that, I went to the Exposure setting and decreased that; here is a side-by-side comparison of the untouched image at first and the final product after editing the photo.

FRONT COVER: Cover Layout Decisions / Photoshop

Here is my entire production of my front cover, explaining what I add and why.

       

Cover Layout Decisions / Photoshop from Ali Teri

FRONT COVER: The Glitch Background

In this slideshow, I show the procedure of creating my glitch background from a photo of a sunset that I took.

         

The Glitch Background from Ali Teri