Magazine Cover
Questions n Answers:
a) What qualities of your magazine cover make it effective? (eg. What makes it eye catching?, What about it promotes curiosity?, How is it visually pleasing?, What makes it easy to understand?)
Ans. The qualities of my cover that make it effective are that first of all its made by me, secondly the effort i put in to it and thirdly the PS3 and GTA IV make it look more interesting.
b) What was the order of hierarchy you were trying to achieve for the elements on your magazine cover?
Ans. I wanted to make GTA IV Stand out because it is 1 of the biggest n most popular games comin out this year.
February 6, 2008 at 12:58 am
Technical “must haves” 50 / 50
Original pictures posted 3 / 3
Questions answered 6 / 6
Visual hierarchy attempt 4 / 4
Attempt to use text & fonts for layout assist 2 / 2
Selection removed from background 1 / 1
Visual hierarchy question correct 1 / 3
Visual hierarchy clear 2 / 3
Stands out amongst others 1 / 2
Text & Font effectiveness 3 / 4
Custom selection removed from background 2 / 2
Quality of edges smooth 2 / 3
Attempts to colour correct - / 2
Image proportions realistic 2 / 2
Visual hierarchy matches intentions - / 2
Creativity & Effort above “canned” features 1 / 3
Professional grade 1 / 3
Typography is professional - / 2
Professional quality edited elements - / 3
Final 81 / 100
Jas…what a great improvment from the last. The background now gives your cover a story…great stuff.
See me if you’d like to talk about ways to further improve the quality of your work.
Miss Shen