Print project development diary
- 2. Week1: Front Cover This is what I was able to create on the first week since the start of the production. During production, I had to change some parts of my plan; for example, I planned to take a photo of a forest or flat field to use ads the background but I had to change it to a mix of colours because of how the weather has been like, I had to change it to hoe you see it now; I, honestly, prefer what I had made better than my original idea because the way the orange and yellow are shown helps my main character stand out more by making it look like he is producing an orange light from his body at the centre of the page. For my text, I planned on using CF Le Dernier Empereur but I couldn't use this because none of the text had appeared in Photoshop so I changed it to Gang of Three which looks good with the background and the magazine as a whole because it still shows the reader that the game is part of an anime franchise which is made in Japan; the Gang of Three also makeseverything into capital letters which works well with the front cover as it grabs the readers attention quickly and easily. I used the dragon balls as the "o" because I think it is a creative way to create the title and cover lines and have the dragon balls around the fron cover. Using one of the dragon balls, I copied one of the stars, creating to copies of the star, and moved them to the "O" in cover line for free dragon ball and the "D" in the masthead at the top of the cover; I did this because it is a creative way to use the stars of the dragon balls to decorate the title and cover lines on the magazine. I used a drop shadow for the main image because it helps it stand out and give him a 3-D look, as if he is popping out of the page which helped make the magazine stand out; I did the same thing to the cover lines at the bottom of the page to help them stand out from the page. I plan on adding a black outline to the cover line at the top of the page because it is not very legible at the moment, this would also help make it look more professional due to the font style and effects being either the same or very similar. I added a QR code in the T of the masthead and I plan on creating either a website or an image of someone with a dragon ball because I want to add an idea of mystery to the magazine, causing the consumers to get more interested in the magazines, causing them to purchase more issues to understand why there is a QR code in the magazine.
- 3. Week 1: Double Page Spread This is my double page spread that I had made by the end of the first week of production.I used a comic book explosion frame as my backgroundbecause it works with my bright and vibrant colourscheme, I had plannedon taking a couple of photos of some of the fighters and add an image of the "vs" inbetween them just like a loadingscreen when starting a fight in a fighting game. My original plan was to take a photo of two people performing the fusion dance but I had to remove this plan because it would be too hard to take this photo with the lack of space in the studio. I used the Gang of Three font style, same as on the front cover, as the title because it standsout from the page and grabs the consumers attention;I used dekiru for the main body of text because it is legible and still, almost, mimics tradition Japanese literature.I used Gang of Three for the first letter of every paragraphand increased the drop cap number of lines, very similarto openingsin novels, because it helpsit be legible and grabs the consumers interest. I used white Japanesedots as borders to help separate each body of text because before I added the border, it looked like the text had to be read from far left of the first page to the far right of the second page; using the border allowsthe reader to read the text that they are supposed to read more clearly than without the border.
- 4. Week 2: Front Cover This my finished version of my front cover. I used the photosthat I had taken of my models as a way to promote the game detailsand the game awards; for my game awardsmodel, I set the four star dragon ball in between his hands to make the dragon ball look like a trophy, I also added the game awards2018 logo and placed it behind him to look like he is the logo of the game awards, to do this, I got an image of the actual logo and removed the background so all that is left is the main part of the logo. With my second model, I moved the QR code to his hip, by the darker parts of his shirt to hide it, making it more interesting and mysteriousto the consumers. I also increased Goku's size so he fills more of the front cover and making it more eye-catching for the consumers. For the cover lines, I changed the outline so it is outside the text so it pops out of the magazine and doesn't fall intothe dark colours of my model's clothing. If I could do this again,I would probablyremove the game awardslogo from my game awardsmodel because of how the logo is shaped, it doesn't look like my model has wings, which is similar to the trophy being promoted by the game awards. I would also give my main cover line a different colourscheme because while it fits with the colourscheme of the background, I believeit would have looked better using a similareffects as the background with a similarcolourscheme, I think that doing this would make the cover line more interesting and eye- catching for my consumers. I would also add a drop shadow to the other dragon ballsaround the background(the two and three star dragon balls) so that they pop out of the magazine and give them a 3-D effect just like Goku.
- 5. Week 2: DoublePage Spread This is my finished version of my Double Page Spread. I added the photosof my other two models in between a "vs" logo with a world tournament background.I chose this because it gives the consumer an idea of what the loadingscreen will look like in the game itself. I changed the title slightly, I removed the underline because it clashed with the images of the fighters; I also added a white inside outlineto make it stand out from the background and allowsit to be legible while in front of the background. For the main text, I changed the characterspacing and size so it is legible. I rotated the background by 180 degrees because I originallyhad the background the other way around but that had caused the text on the far right of the double page spread to be unreadable.If I could make this magazine again I would try to make the text more legible either by giving it a white outlineor make the text white and give it a black outline,I would also try to make the text larger so it is easier to read for my consumers. I would edit the title none of the letters would be affected by the middle of the page, either by changing the spacing in between the letters or changing the overallsize of the title.
- 6. Week 2: Contents Page This is my finished contents page. I finished the main part of my project with enough time to create the contents page. I used the dragon balls from my front cover as the page numbers because I thought that it is a creative way to let the consumers know what page is for what part of the magazine. I changed the size of each ball so they are all the same size, making it look more professional. I used Gang of Three for the title and the page titles to grab the consumers attention. For the main title, I used a drop shadow to give it a 3-D look, similar to Goku on the front cover and a white outline to make it stand out, I used the outline on the inside because if I use the outside outline, it causes the title to get a sort of bubble effect on the title which doesn't work for the title. For the cover lines, I changed the font size to 39 points for most of them to fill the space except for pages two and three due to the length of the text itself. I changed the size because before the size change, there was so much white space that it didn't look professional. I used two images of two of the fighters to help express the idea to the consumers that the gamethat the magazineis promoting is based on fighting.