Stencil Spray Magazine Cover

For my stencil spray magazine cover I decided I'd use Johnny Depp as my cover model. Due to the fact I couldn't take a real picture of him I used a an image from the internet.

After downloading the image and putting it onto Photoshop I first removed the background, and then changed the Image by going to Filter > Artistic > Cutout. This changed the image so that only three different shades of grey would be used, this would allow me to be able to print out the image and cut of the different layers. 

Completely removing the background and some of Johnny shirt I cropped the area in which I wanted to print out, and then printed out each separate layer so that I could start cutting each one out.

Starting to cut out each separate piece, the black was removed whilst the white was left to reveal different layers of Johnny Depps face.  I did this wish the rest of the pieces of paper which I'd printed out, and then from this I started to fix the cut out pieces of paper to a blank piece of paper which the spray paint would eventually have Johnny Depps face sprayed onto.

Fixing each piece of paper to each other with masking tape and then taping them onto a black board, I went outside and started to spray paint each piece of paper, keeping 30cm of distance between the spray can and the paper so that there would be minimal drips on my actual piece of paper.

This is the end result of layer 1.

This was the end result of layer 2.

This was the end result of layer 3.

After finishing spraying each layer I scanned each image into Photoshop and then started to add colour to each image and then merging the layers to get one final image. 

Adding an black layer around the outside of the image so that it gave a sort or border effect it actually allowed me to start adding different text boxes and writing to the magazine cover. Without this border i wouldn't have been able to see the font due to the limited colour scheme I'd chosen. Thinking of a name, and coming up with 'Jet Metal' meaning Black Metal. 

After adding smaller titles to the side of the page and showing different bands at the right side, for example Slipknot, and Metallica. I positioned each one specifically so that it wouldn't cover up Johnny's face.

This is the final product.

C.R.A.P Analysis : Kerrang Magazine

Contrast

1 - Large / Small type

2 - Patterned / Plain fill

3 - White space / Cover model

4 - White on back

5 - Large / Small character

6 - Serif typeface / San-serif typeface

Repetition

1 - White Typeface colouration

2 -  Star symbol

3 - Green desaturated typeface colouration

4 - Black stroke

5 - White sans-serif typeface

6 - Desaturated green box

Alignment

1 - Centred cover model and magazine title

2 - HIM logo and text right aligned 

3 - Right aligned PLUS text and band text

4 - Free poster text and images

Proximity

1 - Masthead

2 - Cover Model

3 - Cover Line

Kerrang magazine has used contrast with type. We can see this from the use of large and small type in the HIM text and the smaller text next to it. From this we know that the larger text is more important than the smaller text, so that the ' HIM ' band title is more important than the multiple band list. There is also contrast between serif and sans-serif typefaces. On ' The Amazing Resurrection Of Ville Valo ' we can see  a serif typeface has been used, but on the band list there has been sans-serif typeface which has been used. Placed on top of the magazine title the ' Life is Loud ' has been placed with a contrasting black stroke, this makes the type more legible on top of the Title.

As you can see there is a very desaturated colour pallet with black and white being used repeatedly. As well as a green desaturated typeface colouration, there is also the repetition of serif and sans-serif typefaces. Due to the type of magazine and that it's designed specifically to be darker rather than have a high saturation, the desaturated colours used works well with the magazine design.

The alignment used in this magazine is rather simplistic but also very effective. The main alignments on the Karrang magazine cover is that of a central alignment and is also asymmetrical. The main information on the page has been kept to the left, these parts as less important to the audience and due to this your eye is draw into the covers centre alignment which is an important element for the product.

At the top of the cover there is a very tight proximity between the typefaces. The masthead and selling line is also have a close proximity, and this has specifically been done so that the audiences eye is automatically drawn towards the masthead, and then to the selling line, hoping to catch the readers attention and buy the magazine to read what's inside.

John's Awful Business Card

This was the basic business card that I was given to re-design completely so that it was more appealing to a client. Focusing on the Three C's; Concord, Conflict and Contrast, I changed the type face of each piece of text so that they would be contrasting. This would give a over-all good effect and give a client the ability to be drawn in and focus on each part of important text.
Changing the ' Awesome Comics ' to a bolder, display typeface I enhanced the contrast of the title and the general information. Also by changing the size of 'Awesome Comics' to the rest of the text it also added more contrasting features to the business card.

Changing the alignment from right to left also allowed me the ability to only have one alignment, which gave more contrast and made the card more effective. With a right alignment the ' John Panelreader ' and ' Awesome comics ' clashed and over lapped each other, and without changing the size and typeface of  ' Awesome comics ' I would have had to have two different alignments which would have been concordant to each other. 

After changing the design and adding a cream texture to the background, this was the final design.

Scamp Copies

These are my scamp copies, I've done 24 front covers and 16 double page spreads.