Album Artwork x1

This is the first album released by my indie/ rock band. I decided to name of this as i feel it keeps the culture and hometown of the band involved in their music, with their pride in where they were brought up clearly shown by the title. The style of album art i have chosen, is a looney tunes type background, followed by a storyline text to accompany.

Risk Assessment Forms

Contributors Release Form

Final logo design

This is my last design for my logo:

Time Planning

Contents Page Mock Up - Music Magazine

Contents Page Mock Up x1 - Music Magazine

Logo Designs

These are my two designs for my logo of my music magazine. I have used the name 'Unplugged' incorporated. I feel that by picking one of these as my logo, it would add a great effect to the front page and contents page.

Name for Music Magazine

I ran a poll on my blog for 7 days, with suggested names for my music magazine. I collected 7 results from it, with one clear winner being chosen. This name is:

Unplugged

I am happy with this chosen name, as i feel that it is what my audience wants, and it relevant to the type of music magazine it is going to be. The word unplugged, has an indie effect to it, showing how i can adapt other indie/ rock factors into my magazine, with images and the house style.

Now i have chosen my name for the music magazine, i can start to design different font types on Macromedia Fireworks. I think by maybe adding a image to the title, maybe even the logo adapted to it, i can create a memorable style.

Music Magazine Front Cover - Mock Up x2

Music Magazine Front Cover - Mock Up x1

Photoshop Test x2

This my second test on photoshop. In this picture i have made the image into a sketch type image, and filled in the colour of each of the beatles. This is called a type of pop art effect, however it isn't of one person, it uses all the members of the beatles. I think this effect works really well on a front page as it ecnoruages the indie trend of something unique and well worked. I think it also works well as it shows how all the members of the beatles have a different colour for what they bring to the band.

Contents Page Analysis - NME

Photoshop Test

This is my first test on Photoshop within school. I have had previous experiences on the software, however not enough knowledge to use all the devices. In this image, i have kept the colour of the hair for Hayley Williams, from Paramore. This works well as her hair stands out alot more, with the black and white background. I have also used, the liquifier tool, to make her teeth bigger, as this i feel would make the title of the article relevant. I would think of a catchy slogan like 'Hayley Bites Her Way To No.1.' Lastly, i used the spot healing brush, to get rid of anything i felt made Hayley look unprofessional.

Two Page Spread - NME Magazine

This is my two page spread for NME magazine

Two Page Spread - Kerrang