Induction Project Evaluation:

If I was to do this project again I would take several more photos rather than the two images that I took, this would allow me to choose from a larger range of images rather than the two I had to choose from, this would put me in a position to use a better image on my magazine cover.

Here are the two images which I took to produce my front cover:

As you can see this image is landscape, this is not practical when creating a magazine front cover. This is the main reason in which I chose not to include this image in my initial project.

This is the image that I chose to use for my magazine front cover, I chose it because it is portrait and that is suitable for a magazine front cover. Having a portait image allows me to place all my sell lines titles and other elements of the front cover easily around the main image.

I think that this magazine conforms to conventional magazine styles in a way that it has a similar layout to music magazines that are actually on sale today.

I would also learn to use the diferent features of a camera. I used autofocus to take all of these photos. When taking photos again for future assignments I will use specific settings and manual focus to improve.

The tools I used in photoshop were limited, this is an area for improvement as I think that by using more tools and by using them with greater effect.

I downloaded a font from DaFont.com to use on my magazine cover, this was a useful tool as it allowed me to use a font that I beleive suited the magazine as it coresponded to the genre.

I used a colour scheme that is conventional in magazines of the music genre. Colours such as Red, White, Black and Grey.

I used Liam Gallagher as a main feature in this magazine as he is a massive name within the music industry and will draw interest from the target audience of this magazine.

I think this magazine is a good first attempt at creating a magazine front cover. The layout conforms to conventions set in similar magazines, the colour scheme will appeal to the target audience. I think that in future when creating similar magazine front covers I will take a photo that makes it easier to position sell lines around as I think this cover looks a bit crowded in terms of textual content on the front cover.