Evaluation

Evaluation

For my college magazine, I wanted to achieve a look that didn’t appear to ‘amateur’ and something that appealed to students. I wanted to do this by using a proper image that was taken on a plain background, so that it is suitable for a front cover, etc.

I think my colour scheme is good as it contrasts with the colour of the folder that she is holding. I think that I did fairly well in designing my college magazine, as this is the first real thing that I designed on Photoshop and not InDesign. I think that the image I used on my front cover was taken at a good angle (mid-shot). The person I used is looking directly into the camera and smiling, which makes it appear similar to a college magazine. There are simple colours used on this magazine, with only 2 colours being used (purple and white.)
I think that the text I used was suitable, as it was simple and nothing too fancy, and it did not distract from the cover star of the magazine.

However, I believe that there are some things that I could have improved on.

·        I could have made the image slightly brighter, so that the cover didn’t appear quite so bland.

·        I could have also included some more things on the cover to make it somewhat more appealing, for example, I could have advertised things such as competitions, etc. I could have included a puff, which could have added a slight splash of colour to the front cover of my magazine.

·        I could have also included some other cover-lines, ones that are more fun and appealing to students.

However, I do believe that the magazine cover I created was of quite a good standard, as I had very little experience in creating things on photoshop.