LO4: Review of assets

Photos I used within my magazine:

These are the raw unedited images. These are male dominant, this represents my audience being heavily male. This could be seen as alienating female readers, however this was not intended but fits my conventions .

Final Masthead:

This is how the final masthead turned out. I used this sans serif font so the letters have clear form and is easy to read. The pop of yellow colour was to connote my summer magazine as well as to appeal to my younger audience. Also I wanted to stick to events magazine conventions and have a bold colourful masthead. The name 'Seven Peaks' represents the city of Sheffield since this is the basis of my magazine. All content inside shows elements of life in and around the city. 

Negatives of it is that it could be seen as too small relative to the image, this could be due to the fonts slim nature.

Graphics I created

Plug

This is the plug graphic for my front cover. It highlights the competition included in this months issue. I like the stamp design and the change in font to match the design of the District logo because I feel it ties together well. However I think using a more abstract shape would elevate it more and give a sharper look to match my modernist style.

Title

This is the title graphic for my contents page. To create this I used two separate text files and sliced them down the middle. It could be seen as ying yang inspired. By slightly shifting the bottom text to the right it created a nice shadow effect. This is my favourite graphic because it is simple but effective. I think all the colours and fonts work really well together. I also think it could be bigger to clearly show the reader what page they're looking at, however I could not find the space.

Main coverline

This graphic is located on my front cover. This is to clearly show the viewer what my main article is on. The fonts were chosen to be sans serif and bold to the reader. However I don't this the 'with' fits the general house style font scheme but it does make it stand out. The positives about it is how I included the brand logo. This represents a clear brand image to the reader so they can recognise the company.