Explanation of my first draft for my dps

1. This is my DPS image I had chosen
for my article. It shows the girls
standing on a stair case posing from
different levels. I copied the image
into Photoshop and placed it on the
left which is unconventional from
most magazines since we read from
left to right.

2. Effects
After inserting my image I decided
to start adding effects to it to
make it look more edgy.
I then clicked on the image and
start experimenting with
brightness, contrast, saturation
and exposure. My first attempt
was this, this made the image
significantly brighter and more
clearer. However I felt that the
image still looked a bit plain and
needed a dark colour effect to
make it look more r&b. I then
decided to add some saturation
too add this colour I wanted and
came up with this dark red which
made the picture stand out more
and made it look ‘edgy and cool’.

3. After many attempts, I was satisfied of how my main image turned out and decided
now to focus on the layout of my headline and stand first. The name of the girl group
were called ‘DMC’ so I decided to incorporate it in my headline. I chose the font Stencil
STD as it really made the name standout and look unique.

4. ‘Seconds time’s a charm’ is my headline for the article, the inspiration for this was
through the backstory for the girl group, they was famous before and this is their
second shot at fame once again so that’s the reason why I chose it. Originally I had
placed the headline there under the name of the group but I decided to spread it
across the two pages so that I could focus the rest of the space for the stand first
and DPS story. I chose the colour burgundy as I wanted it to stand out but still
looked sophisticated and this colour best represented that.

5. Stand first I was then to add, I kept the font small
but bold so it was noticeable. I kept it black so that
my DPS story could be a burgundy colour, also I
wanted to keep it black as my main colours for the
dps was black, white and burgundy

6. DPS
I had previously written my story before constructing my magazine so all I did
was create a text box going downwards and copy and pasted my dps into
sections so I could see how it looked overall, I had already changed the font
colour prior to pasting it in Photoshop. However as you can see I left blank
spaces, this where I would insert my quotes from my the artists themselves.

7. After finishing off
my dps, I then
added the quotes.

8. FIRST DRAFT