including Tattoos

I used photoshop to imply this idea of including tattoos in my magazine. Using tattoos on my chosen models can give great Hip-Hop effect. Although the tattos are not real, i can use photoshop to make them look real, i can take a picture of my chosen person i will use to use as my magazine front cover, and place tattoos on the final picture using photoshop and ready drawn tattoos. an example of Hip-Hop artists using this idea is Lil Waynes album cover of 'Tha Carter III' Where a young child used to represent Lil Wayne has Lil waynes exact tattoos on his face and hands.

Magazine Mock

This photo was origionally just the musician with a white background, but using photoshop i ajusted the image background to create emphasis. I used the gradient tool to add a 'Fill Effect' kind of bacground commonly used on Microsoft Word. This was a manual task in which i had to create the backgrounds shape and colour. My idea of colour was using a spotlight effect to show my artist is in the spotlight. I did this using a light yellow and black to create a distinctive light effect. I am hoping to use this idea for my final magazine to be different and effective to my audience.

Magazine Mock

Colour Schemes

for my magazine cover, i have chosen 3 colours for my colour scheme. Black, grey and red. this idea comes from inspiration from XXl magazine which is a succesful hip-Hop magazine.