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Create Your Own Magazine Cover

The document provides instructions for an assignment where students will create their own magazine cover by taking a photo of themselves, retouching it, and designing a magazine layout using InDesign. Students are prompted to think about their unique qualities and interests that could be featured as stories on the cover. Guidelines are given for selecting a photo, drawing layout ideas, and requirements for the InDesign file. Composition tips are included, emphasizing use of design elements and principles. Photo retouching and filters are also suggested to make the cover visually interesting.

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Create Your Own Magazine Cover

The document provides instructions for an assignment where students will create their own magazine cover by taking a photo of themselves, retouching it, and designing a magazine layout using InDesign. Students are prompted to think about their unique qualities and interests that could be featured as stories on the cover. Guidelines are given for selecting a photo, drawing layout ideas, and requirements for the InDesign file. Composition tips are included, emphasizing use of design elements and principles. Photo retouching and filters are also suggested to make the cover visually interesting.

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Read all About


it!

Final
Do you Secretly dream of
Being featured on a
Magazine Cover?

I know I do!

So Here’s Your
Chance!
Your Assignment

• Create a magazine cover using


yourself as the cover story.
• Take a photo, retouch it, and find
interesting things about yourself
to highlight as ‘stories’.
• Using InDesign, add text to your
photo to create your final layout.
Part One
[Link] about what makes you unique.
Think of considering:
-Am I artistic, athletic, smart, fashionable, etc?

[Link] down these qualities in your


sketchbook.

3. Take some of those brainstormed ideas


and develop the trait into a title and
headliner that can be used on your
cover.
Highlight your Interests in…

Scuba Diving

OR…
Reveal to us your secret life
as…

A midget Pro-
Horseback Rider

Keep in Mind…
Part Two
1. Retouch a photo of you to feature on your
cover.
The photo must:
-be 6.5 x 9 inches in size
-be clear and not pixilated
-be vertically oriented
2. Draw out some magazine layouts in your
sketchbook.
3. Place your finished, retouched photo into an
InDesign document.
The InDesign document must:
-be 8.5 x 11 inches in size
-have 1 inch margins around your placed photo
(center your image)
-be vertically oriented
4. Use InDesign to add text to your magazine
Compositional Interest

• This final project is not only a


measure of your skills in PhotoShop
and InDesign. It will also reveal your
knowledge of the basic elements and
principlesElements
of design. Principles
•Line •Movement
•Shape/ Form •Repetition
•Size •Contrast
•Texture •Harmony
•Value •Proportion
•Color •Emphasis
For your Layout…
…Pay attention to All
aspects of your design
Text
Placement
Photo
Color

• Why is this
magazine cover
successful?
Simple does NOT mean
boring

• Notice the use


of:
-grayscale
-negative
For your Photo…
Remember the
Requirements…
The photo must:
-end up being 6.5 x 9 inches in
size
-be clear and not pixilated
-be vertically oriented
…Use filters

• Your PhotoShop
retouching doesn’t
have to be literal. You
can use filters to add
interest.
Here Are a Few Examples…

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