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: In this assignment I had to create a magazine cover. We had to include page numbers and a cover story about ourself. I chose to make a fashion magazine.  I used Adobe Photoshop for this assignment.  Some tools I used were the eraser tool, lasso tool, magic wand tool, and many more.  I took photos off of the internet and I took photos too.  I think I did a really good job with this assignment.  I took a lot of time to get the photos positioned just right.  I really like working with Adobe Photoshop and hope we use it more!