Candidates Rough Draft For Main Task

This is the candidates draft work and pictures used to make the magazine.

 

Front Page Idea 1

This was a god idea but i felt it was more pop than Hip-Hop.

Front Page Idea 2

I liked this idea and it inspired me from the help of the rolling stones front cover with Kanye West & 50 Cent.

it seemed to plain and the typography did not fit the hip-hop convention of a magazine.

Front Page Idea 3

This idea was really good, the way the lighting streak separated the two artist's symbolized they were up against each other, again though the typography was really small.   

Front Page Idea 4

Same idea like the others, this time the typography is big and stands out more and the lightning streak is in the middle, the only problem is that it does not show any information about other artists like many Hip-Hop magazines do.

Front Page Final Idea 

The final is much better, the typography is not to big you get a good feel of the magazine and it shows that its a hip-hop magazine by the typography, it shows a clear indication the two artists are up against each other, it shows features of other artists and there is a sub heading, like many other Hip-Hop magazines use.   

Double Page Idea 1

The idea behind this is really though out, but seems too plain and there is a lot of dead space around, also it would be good for the logo to be consistent throughout 

Contents Page Idea 2

The lightning streak again is a good feel, but the idea is too much and take a lot of time to create every single detail just for a contents page, and again it looks more like a double page spread.

Contents Page Idea 3

This idea was really good but it lacked the basic concept of a contents page. 

Contents Page Idea 4 

The idea of the typography getting smaller was a really good idea but again it lacked the basic understanding of a contents page. It was also to plain i did not show much change from the other idea.

Contents Page Final Idea 

The Final Idea is really thought off, it consists of many good elements such as, use of Typography, layout, website details and has the same feel as the front cover. The idea of the artists battling is still continues and shows the faces split in half and attached together, like the film 'Face Off' so you can see they are fighting for the number one spot.

Double Page Spread Final Version 

 It shows good understanding of text wrapping, and good use of Photoshop. the use of puns is a really good element that the creator added and gives a clear indication they are up against each other.

Here are the three shots that were going to used, but never made it.

Shot 2 Front Cover Idea

Shot 3 Double Page Idea

Here are the shots used for the magazine, similar to the rolling stones magazine cover shots.

Shot 2

Shot 3 edited and cut

Shot 4 used for the contents page

Shot 5

Shot 6 Edited

Shot 7

Shot 8 Edited and cropped 

Shot 9 cropped 

Draft 1 Front Cover (InDesign)

The typography feels to heavy and too hard for a magazine cover and very hard to read, though the idea is great it did not feel right.

Draft 2 Front Cover (InDesign)

The idea for this seems similar to the contents page idea, but the Typography is muck better and visible to read. 

Draft 3 Front Cover (InDesign)

Again the Typography looks really good but the positioning needed to be adjusted. 

Draft 1 Contents Page (InDesign)

The contents page looks very good, idea wise but it just looks to plain and looks untidy.

Draft 2 Contents Page (InDesign)

This looks like a basic contents page, it need text and many changes have to be made.  

Draft 1 Double Page Spread (InDesign)

Everything look really good, based on the idea and concept, again though the color of the font does not fit with the others.

Draft 2 Double Page Spread (InDesign)

Again the idea is there but there is too much dead space at the top and must be filled with words.