Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Thursday, 25 March 2010

Front Cover

Ideas

i wanted to use some graffiti somewhere in the magazine and i actually found a very good picture from google that i wanted to use but later found out that this would not be allowed because of copyright laws. so i decided to do my own research and go out and take pictures of graffiti, i then chose the best one and used that. I think it works really well on my double page spread and looks quite good.

New new name for magazine

I decided to go for a completly different and new design for my magazine. I did this because when i had completed my 'Gangster' magazine it didnt look as good as i thought it would and looked almost like a cartoon magazine. It didnt look professional, so i decided to go for a whole new outlook and change the style completly. My final magazine is now called 'Indy'and focuses completly on indie music, fashion and style.

Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Life on Mars



This clip has lot to do with ethnic backgrounds and the stereotypes that come with it, for example the policeman assumed that asian man had stolen the tv just becuase of the colour of his skin. the fact that someone is irish almost made them as second class citizens just like blacks were and were associated with all the jobs that the english didnt want to do(the crap jobs pretty much)for example 'shovelling shit' as he says.

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Wednesday, 3 March 2010

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Possible Title Fonts





these are just a few of the fonts i looked at, i tried to get one that looked 'gangster' ish.

Monday, 8 February 2010

New name for magzine

After recent thought about my magazine name i have decided to change the name to 'G'. I chose this because it ties in with Hip Hop quite nicely, many rappers/artist who make Hip Hop music have a bad man/rude boy appearance. For example Biggie Smalls or Tupac, they both come across as very gangster, which is where i got the G idea from.

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Contents Page

Colour Schemes



I really like the idea of having a grey colour scheme, not only do i think it looks good but i think its how Hip-Hop is portrayed in a way. This is a really good example which i like alot, the blue goes really well with the grey and think this piece is very effective.

Colour Schemes

Magazine Analysis




This is probably one of the best magazine covers i could find to try and show what ideas ive got in mind. I really like the 'cartoony' effect it has, something like this is what im after. i dont want the cartoon element to over power the magazine but i would like there to be an aspect of it in there and i think this one does it well, it looks good, easy to read and goes really well.

Monday, 1 February 2010

Further Inspiration





All these pictures are by one of my favourite artist Kaws. I studied him last year at GCSE art and really like his work, i like it because he draws cartoons which i like and would probably choose to draw myself, however he adds a twist if you like, he puts crooses across the eyes and sometimes a bone through the head. Kaws doesnt just do cartoons, he does models and figures aswell as many other things. These look really effective and i would like some aspect of this in my magazone.

Mood Board

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