Photoshop Practise #2

For my second official practise at using Photoshop, I decided to focus on the layout and design of a magazine double-page spread. I chose a different genre of music - hip hop - as I wanted to try a completely different style than my actual design will house. This came about as I was focusing more on utilising certain tools in Photoshop, but not yet wanting to apply the target audience's needs to my design thoughts.

I utilised text from Wikipedia for the article, and took quotes from the official DVD the group has released. "Steadily shine in '10" is a play on the groups' famous line "Steadily shine in '99", from their hit single "Heavenly Divine". I made sure to include several integral elements to magazines such as puffs to make it look as professional as possible.

Audience Expectations - Magazine Questionnaire

I have now completed my magazine questionnaire; created to gather general information relating to magazines and why people buy them, I will use the results to contruct my own magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread as close to my intended audience as possible.

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Please fill out my questionnaire so that I have as big a pool of results as possible.