Quality

Here is a good example of a picture, of which its quality isn't as good as I would like to be. This is part of my learning curve as i have learn't that I really have to concentrate on every single piece of artwork that i create before trying to import it on another file.

Improving Work

I applied a stroke and a drag shadow on my work thus creating an improved quality and image which makes my work look more professional.

On my poster I made the image opaque as seen on the right hand side (opacity 70%), this allows me to put text over the image making both the text and the image stand out, this is the desired effect that I have gained from making the image opaque.

Second Page of Newspaper- working progress

After roughly half an hours work, this is the second page of my newspaper.

This is the completed second page of my newspaper called "The Seasider".

First page of Newspaper

This is the finished front page of my newspaper. The font of my masthead is written in Helvetica Neue font which is a Sans serif font, I chose this font because it is a lot bolder and stands out more. The body text is written in the font Times which is a serif font, the reason as to why it's not written in a sans serif font is because the body text isn't supposed to stand out as much compared to a masthead.

Other Newspapers

I based my newspaper on the layout of my newspaper, I did this by researching many newspapers such as The Times, The Evening Echo and The Daily Mirror, and then seeing what conventions of  a newspaper they have, what genre they fit, who there target audience is, and looked at other parts of a newspaper such as how big the images should be and use of colour.

New Masthead!

As recommended in the recent post about feedback, I have changed the masthead in order for it to look more professional. Below is the new masthead...

I produced this masthead in photoshop, and using an image of a football boot, and adding several layers, I feel that I have created a good masthead. It follows the conventions of the last masthead in that the colors of blue are still there, as they are linked to the colors that Southend United Football Club wear. The green also links with the football theme of the masthead as it represents the pitch.

6 Weeks into the project

This is my work after 6 weeks.

I then asked for feedback from fellow students, I asked for both the positive and negative points about my work so far, and below is a table showing what they thought...