These images show the progression of what I did with my images on photoshop. I started out trying to create a magazine type article, and experimented with colour, black a white, drop shadows, opacity of images, sizing etc.
When I got to the second draft, I though about doing a 4 xA4 spread, as I had so many images, but then realised that the second page of images didn’t really add all that much to the story, so decided to leave it.
I then tried to experiment with having no drop shadows and harsher lines with the images. Which then progressed to me making a Newspaper article instead of a magazine article.
I then experimented a little with different image layouts and then reached a final decision on how the images would be played out and so I started adding the text.
This was the final newspaper design I came up with, and I personaly think it looks fairly professional. I designed it in the same way as our local newspaper, the Jersey Evening Post is designed, copying the header to make it look more realistic, and using similar fonts and layouts.
When I finished the newspaper, I went back and designed a magazine, although this time I decided to split the page in half and make a clear centre point, as though it was presented the same as it would be in a magazine. This helped a lot with making the design look professional.
Originally the background images and the quote in the bottom right were black and white, but then I decided to keep the colour theme with the banner in the top left, and so made them red, which, for the background images, made the writing easier to read.
