Production - Magazine Advert Second Draft Progress 4

Below is the fourth stage of my magazine advert second draft, followed by an explanation of the changes and how I added them:

I have now added the heart from the Inner Middle Pane of my digipak/music video.

I did this by selecting it from the Inner Middle Pane using the Rectangular Marquee tool and then using the edit menu to copy and past it onto my magazine advert. Finally I scaled/positioned it using the Cursor tool.

I like the heart because it not only adds synergy but is is a pleasant/cute space filler, much like the characters below the album title.

I have one more thing to add, which will be shown in the next progress post and then my second draft will be complete. I will then ask my audience questions to do with my magazine advert and if there is anything that the majority think should be changed, I will change it. If not, then I will be able to declare my magazine advert complete.

That raps it up for this post, but be sure to pay attention for the next post coming really soon!

Until next time.

Production - Magazine Advert Second Draft Progress 3

Below you will see the third stage of the magazine advert second draft, followed by an explanation of the changes I've made and how:

As you can see I have now added the artist's name above the name of the album.

This was done by using the Rectangular Marquee tool to select the name from the front cover of the digipak, and then pasted into position using paste from the Edit menu.

The name is vital as otherwise it's not completely obvious who's album this is, when it needs to be. So now that I have added this detail that I previously didn't add, I am definitely keeping this addition to my magazin advert.

That raps it up for this post everyone but be sure to follow my blog for more updates coming soon.

Until next time.

Production - Magazine Advert Second Draft Progress 2

Below is the second stage of my magazine advert second draft, followed by an explanation of the changes made and how I made them:

The changes made are that I have now drawn the two characters from my music video/digipak onto the advert.

I did this by using my graphics tablet and the Brush tool on the sidebar. Once this was selected I first drew my characters much bigger than they currently are, and then used the Cursor tool to scale and place the characters appropriately.

I like the change as it adds more synergy to my products and the characters are a cute space-filler without cluttering the space. So my verdict is that I am definitely keeping the characters where they are as I really like the addition.

That raps it up for this post everyone but be sure to follow my blog for more updates coming soon.

Until next time :)

Production - Magazine Advert Second Draft Progress 1

Below is the first stage of my second draft, along with an explanation of the changes I have made/how I made them:

1. I added the record label name through the use of the Horizontal Type tool, by drawing a text box and then simply typing the name of the artist's record label.

2. I added the record label's logo by first copying it off of google images. I then pasted it using the Edit menu and removing the background using the Magic Wand tool and the delete key on my keyboard. Finally I scaled and positioned the logo using the Cursor tool to where I thought it looked appropriate.

I will definitely keep these changes on the advert as I feel these, along with what is already present, is necessary information.

That raps it up for now everyone, but be sure to follow my blog for more updates coming soon.

Until next time.

Production - Magazine Advert Draft Progress 4

Below is the fourth stage of my magazine advert production, along with an explanation of how I created it:

The changes made since the last post is that I have now added information about the album.

I did this through creating a text box through the Horizontal Type tool and then typing the information that I felt was appropriate for the advert (i.e. that the album is out both digitally and in stores, and also that in either edition, it will come with a music video for "Dream Catch Me").

That raps it up for this post everyone, but be sure to follow my blog as always for more updates coming soon.

Until next time.

Production - Magazine Advert Draft Progress 3

Below is the third stage of the creation of my magazine advert, along with the details of how I created it:

As you can see I have now added the digipak title as well as the two website addresses for the artist.

The title was added by using the Rectangular Marquee tool to select the title from the Front Pane of my digipak. I then used the Edit menu to copy it and paste it onto this advert. One this was done I used the Cursor tool to scale and position the tile appropriately. The website addresses were added by using the Horizontal Type tool and then scaled/positioned appropriately using the Cursor tool. The font used for the website addresses was Century. I did play around with multiple fonts, including Times New Roman, Bell MT and Calibri, but I decided that Century was the perfect mix of formal (and legible) and informal (as in more relaxed).

That raps it up for this post everyone, but don't worry as there will be plenty more really soon.

Until next time :)

Production - Magazine Advert Draft Progress 2

Below is the second stage of my magazine advert along with how I created it:

As you can see, this clearly works much better than my previous background, and it also uses colours from the inside of my digipak, so it retains synergy.

To create this background I used the Rectangular Marquee tool to select a section of the background I thought would work well from the Inner Right Pane. I then used the Edit menu to copy it and past it onto this magazine advert. Finally I scaled and positioned it on the dimension through the use of the Cursor tool.

That raps it up for now guys and girls, but be sure to pay attention for more posts coming soon :)

Until next time.

Production - Magazine Advert Draft Progress 1

Below you will see the first step of my magazine draft, along with how I created it:

As you can see I have used the edit menu to paste on the lined A4 paper background onto these dimensions, and then used the Cursor tool to position it correctly. Afterward I did the exact same with the front cover of my digipak.

From looking at this I have to say that I don't think the digipak stands out well due to the use of same background for the magazine advert. I will definitely try something else and will put up a post very soon showing the difference.

That raps it up for now, be sure to follow my blog for more updates and I'll see you all next time :)