For the front cover I wanted to test out a variety of image and text combinations to see which would suit the style and message best. With my title being “UGLY” I wanted to make the corresponding image relevant and obvious with the idea and theme. The title is a comment on what beauty and therefore ugly actually is, I hope that it will challenge the viewers perspectives and make them question these commonly used words and ideologies. I wanted to keep the clastic magazine layout with the bold masthead across the top of the portrait page, and oppose the stereotypes seen in beauty magazines in other ways.
This font is bold and clear, I sampled it in a skin tone shade taken from there background image because this corresponds with running theme throughout the magazine of neutrals, browns and pinks. I tested having the font in the foreground (over the image) or in the mid ground (appearing to be behind the model). I achieved this by changing the layer opacity and erasing the parts of the word covering the models hair. This image is already distorted and unconventional with the folds and corners of the paper showing, acting ads a new frame inside the border on the magazine page.
I also tried warping the text, I like the way this turned out and fitted with the idea of distortion and imperfection. I want to develop this concept further with different fronts, warp effects and background images to see which work best together. The front cover should be striking and give the viewer and idea of what to expect inside, it ultimately sells the magazine. However saying this I also want it to be elegant and subtle.
I continued to work with the same warped text over a different image, this one is more lightly distorted and has the printed page boarder cropped out making a more minimal and classic look to the cover. I made the text white and layered it offset with a coloured version of the text to look like a shadow, I made this shadow n the nude colour along with a black version which looked more bold but didn’t fit in with the interior of the magazine.
I continued to experiment with different texts, now over a black and white image. I tried black with a white shadow, and multiple layers of different nude shades stacked on top of one another as well as simple white
I used a font similar to what vogue and other big fashion and beauty magazines use, this is usually linked to a classy up market and professional style. I then warped the text similarly to the last text edit to give it a distorted look similar to the style and editing of the images inside. I also want to continues the style of the text on the cover throughout the magazine pages. I tried this style on top of this image because I like the faded colours and the way the text matched, the smudged foundation over he image created a blank canvas. I thought the black text was too heavy and the white blended in too much with the background. To solve this i added a subtle drop shadow behind the white text so it could be read better
Next I tried a text outline to give a more subtle look rather than the bold text. I experimented with this style in various ways adding nude colour layers and small drop shadows to help it stand out from the pale image.
