Assignment #5: (Newbie) Magazine Cover

Students are to demonstrate their knowledge of using Photoshop tools including masking tools, image resizing and filters. They must create a Magazine Cover with a background of 8.5″ x 11″, where they are the “Cover” story on a Magazine of their choosing or creation. The cover should include a self-protrait, captions and page numbers where the cover story can be found, additional stories that may be found in the edition of the fantasy magazine, edition date and UPC label. Composition, masking, detail, perspective and other basic design technique will be included in the grading. Files must be saves as native .psd and also as a jpg. Students will upload their final piece as a jpg to their ePortfolios to their Digital media page with the assignment order number, and with a detailed assignment description (can be copied and pasted from here) and reflection restating what they did, how they did it, and how they feel about their work.

Reflection-

I made my own magazine cover using Adobe Photoshop. You could use a magazine that actually exists, or make up your own. I chose to make up my own magazine called Space Exploration. I started with a white background and then added a picture of Mars from the internet. My cover story was me as the first person to land on Mars. I got most of my pictures from the internet, but I took the picture of me with my iPad. I added a UPC symbol, an issue number and three minor stories to go along with my cover story. I think I did well. I thought my stories were creative and stayed with the theme. I enjoyed making this project.