Pages 5 and 6

These are my last two pages.  I like the way it looks, but I still think theres something missing, but i'm not completely sure what.  I think maybe if i could of included some photos of people too, then it might look a little better.  I changed the photo to a black and white image, and have cropped and burned the second image.

Pages 3 and 4

This is my 3rd and 4th pages.  On the first photograph, I duplicated the layer, made it slightly larger, placed it underneath the other image, and changed the opacity so it was slightly see through.  

On the second page, I put the photo of the peacock on to the page, again, changed the opacity and then using the rubber, removed some of the photo, but reduced the hardness to make the line softer.  

Then, at the bottom of the page, I just resized my photos and burnt the shadows in.

Pages 1 and 2

In my first two pages of my article, I have used the black and white effect on my photo, as well as cropping it so the image fits my page better.  I created my title by placing single letters on to the page, changing the colours and angle of the letters and then outlining them.  I then put in my text and used a background colour to highlight it. 

Max the Sheepdog

I edited the photos that i took of max i cropped and burnt

Glenn the staffordshire bull terrier

In this photo, i have cropped the image and burnt the image to change it slightly.

PEACOCK!

I would like to add a photo of the peacock in as i love his colours.  I think they would look even better if i could brighten the colours! 

Colour Psycology

Colour Psychology Basics

Here are some of the most frequently used colors and the positive messages they communicate. As noted, this basic chart isn't comprehensive. It doesn't list negative associations and it doesn't discuss the best ways to combine colors. However, it is an interesting introduction to colour psychology. When we work our logo design magic, we bring even more to the table.

BLACK: Mystery, secrecy, tradition.
BLUE: Power, calmness, success, trustworthiness.
BROWN: Earth and nature, simplicity, seriousness.
GREEN: Harmony, health and healing, nature and animals, money.
ORANGE: Affordability, fun, youth, creativity, celebration.
PURPLE: Fantasy and dreams, justice, royalty.
RED: Excitement, action, adventure, love, passion, food.
WHITE: Simplicity, cleanliness, innocence.
YELLOW: Cheerfulness, playfulness, curiosity, amusement.
RAINBOW: Brings joy


http://www.logodesignteam.com/logo-design-color-psychology.html

A Few More Typography Examples

I like how the 'candy' has been used to make up the lettering and the colours that have gone into the design.  I think it is very eye catching and makes the text look exciting.

I like how the text is made to look like part of the picture in this one.  However, I don't think this would work in my article.

I like how the text has been put together.  It is all different sizes, yet fits together really well.

I like the different coloured bands in this piece.  i think  it makes the article look really attractive and appealing to the eye.  This could work in my piece.  I could turn them into beware of the dog banners, although that might put people off slightly!

again, in this article, I like the colours that have been used and the way that the text fits together.  some of the words being different colours makes the article more exciting to read and gives the words more meaning.  

I think that the use of colour psychology will make my article much more fun to read, like using the colour red for hot objects, or blue for cold etc. 

examples of typography

Being a 'beginner' in this class, i actually had to research what typography meant first.  I found a few examples on one website which could be relevant and relate to my magazine article.

These are all animal related images.  I think it would be quite interesting to experiment with this idea and turn my image into a dog or a cat?

http://www.pics24h.com/minimalist-typography-examples/

More magazine covers

This time I decided to look at an animal magazine, as this is what I will be creating.  I think this is more like the vogue layout, made to appeal to the older, more sophisticated audience.  It has a very basic layout, and enlarged title and bits of text around the edges to give the viewer and idea on what is in the magazine, without them having to flick through.  The enlarged photograph in the background makes it appealing to the customer.

I also looked at a childrens magazine to compare the difference.  It still had the same enlarged title and enlarged photograph in the background, but there is a lot less text on the cover.  There are more photos to replace the text and there is also an animal cartoon charecter, so that the child can relate to the animal.  I also noticed that they used a photo of a cub as the background image, not a fully grown animal.  This could also be something to do with the target audience being younger. 

I think the basic layout will probably be the best layout for my magazine article, but my article will target the older audience, so there will be a little more text than photos on my cover.

Photo Merging: Pencil Vs. Camera

These images were created by a photographer called Ben Heine.  He is described as a creative painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer who has a very simplistic but singular style and his work is very fresh and original.  I found him whilst browsing the internet and have fallen in love with his work.  I think I could use this style in my work and it would be very effective.  My only worry is, looking at previous magazine spreads, I have never seen a photograph like this.  They are generally all plain, straight forward photographs.  I'm going to have a go myself and see how it turns out, SO WATCH THIS SPACE!

I really like this image.  I think its really clever how the image almost looks like it has been drawn to scale.  He had drawn in a section of the tree that fit perfectly, and even the tram lines match up. 

I like how he has included a little bit of comedy in with this photo. 

This drawing doesn't match up exactly, but  it still looks great!

I like this photo, in fact, this one is my faveourite.  I thought if I could get a dog to sit in the play pen, with a bit of grass and tree in the background, then I could try and recreate this image in a similar sort of way and think it would fit in perfectly with the theme of my article. 

I thought this was another image I could try and re create.  This photo of the donkeys has been taken outside some stables, so I thought I could take my photo outside of, or inside one of the kennels, and could then make the photo more humorous by drawing a comical face on the dog, or cat.

I cannot be trusted with fire! This one is a definate NO GO!

A sea of volunteers? Could be change to a sea of dogs?

I like how he has included colour within his illustration in this image.

I love this one and think it is very clever, but have no idea how I could include something like this in my photo or how I could get a photograph of a mountain!

I like how this one has been turned into a game :)

I like how he has made a hole in the drawing to show some of the photo, and how it all works so well.

http://www.designswan.com/

Photo Manipulation

Whilst browsing the internet, I came across this spanish photographer.  His name is Ramiro Salazar.  The photos you can see above, he created for a company called BIRM.  I like the way they have been done and think it is very clever how it has been reversed.  The image with the brick and the light bulb is my faveourite.  He has also done work for companies such as El Comercio, Tame Ecuador Airlines, Chevrolet, and various others.  Each of the companies he has produced images for are completely different and have been done in many different styles.  I like his work, but don't think it would work in my article as I wasn't planning on smashing anything up!

Photo Merging

These are the photos that I took of Zoey with the hoop.  I was hoping to merge them together.  The 1st 2 images merged together reasonably well, but you could still see where they had been merged, as the bottom of the hoop didn't match exactly, which meant that you could see a slight overlap.  The third picture was way to small which meant that the camera had been moved too much.  The hoop was too small and was no where near big enough.  This photo was a complete fail, as the camera had been moved too much, which meant the images didnt overlap like they should.

Vogue Magazine

Straight away I can see a difference between the Vogue and Reveal covers.  An enlarged image as the background and various pieces of text make the cover look much more sophisticated.

I like how they have set these pages out and incorporated images in with the text and almost created a border.  They have also used larger, different styles of font to make the title and subtitles stand out.  I also like how they have split the text so it is in different areas of the page.

I like how they have taken the photograph on this one, so that some of the image is in the background, but the image also has text in it.  As my article is based around a building and not a person, I dont think this theme would fit in with my article, but I could have a large image to one side of the page and my text on the other.  I also like how they have enlarged the first letter of the first paragraph, I could try using this somewhere in my article.  These pages are much more organised than the Reveal articles, but I think the larger letter may look better with a messy looking page :)

I like the title on this page.  They have crated it from something she has said, but I like how all the letters are different sizes and the white colouring stands out against the black background.  Again, in this article, they have enlarged the first letter of the first paragraph.  I also like the layout, a large title, a block of text and a large image to the side.  Plain and simple.