End of January Update Post

This month I have managed to achieve a lot including first draft of my contents page and my billboard which means that there is only an initial draft for my website to do until I have a briefly completed portfolio in which I can get feedback for. My motivation has been strong this month as the deadline is nearing and I want to ensure my piece is of the best standards as possible but I have once again had to compete with other coursework hand ins and moc exams meaning my revision time table has been bumped up. 

Initial Drafts Of Billboard

For the first draft of my billboard I wanted to play around with different font effects such as outer glow and drop shadow while seeing how my color scheme suited best.

The strengths of this piece are;

• The font and font colors are the same as the masthead of my magazine.
• I like the mirror effect of the main image. 
• The house style has been continued through. 

The weaknesses of this piece are; 

• The background coloring looks messy and doesn't suit the theme. 
• The outer glow on 'east coast' makes it look too cut out from the rest of the piece.
• 'North easts....' is hard to read.

Contents Page First Draft

The strengths of this contents page,  in my opinion are;

• The mood board background because it adds different dimensions to the piece. 
• The strong house style, the colors have been carried through from my front cover to create an automatic reliability. 

The weakness of this contents page are;

• The yellow/orange box makes the text difficult to read. 
• The masthead looks out of place.
• The whole page is too safe.  

My reasonings for selections are the following; 

• The color scheme and fonts were taken from my front cover and carried through to create an overall house style. 
• I included an editors note because it created a relationship with the readers and allowed me to express thanks to models etc. It is also a common convention of fashion magazines.
• The style crush segment includes the regional aspect as girls from across the north east can be spotted and chosen to be featured on this page. 
• I wanted a moldboard as my background to create a depth to the page while creating a modern feeling, the images includes cut outs of fashion icons such as Kendal Jenner, Kate Moss and Twiggy which links to the fashion aspect. 

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Contents Page Background

This is my original background which has been made from cut outs from various magazines including Heat, Company, Cosmpolitan, Glamour and other fashion magazines which I found inside popular newspapers including 'The Mail On Sunday' and 'The Independent'. 

After scanning my image into the computer I decided to trial different color effecting using editing websites such as Fotor, Pic Monkey and photoshop. Below are the six different effects I tried, including vintage and black and white. 

January Update Post

So far I have completed the following tasks:

• Completed My front Page.
• 2 drafts of possible feature pages. 
• Created a mood board for my contents page background. 
• Took all images I will need. 

By the end of this month I plan to have completed drafts of the following items:

• Front Cover
• Contents Page
• 2 Feature Pages
• Billboard Advertisement
• Website. 

Inorder to achieve this I need to become more focused on my work, In the next few hours I need to complete the second draft of my contents page taking into consideration the new ideas I have and the faults I identified in my first draft. By next thursday, the 29th, I want to have a first draft of my website up and running and by the following thursday, the 5th of february, I plan to have my billboard draft completed.

First Stages of Contents Page Production