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Learning how to make a cover from a pro

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While searching for ideas for my own magazine cover about animals, I came across all kinds of interesting examples. Some covers were very busy and full of details, with bright colors and big words that really caught my attention. These “crazy” magazine covers had so much going on that it was almost hard to know where to look first. They had big, bold letters, lots of different pictures, and multiple smaller headlines pointing to various topics. It seemed like every part of the cover was trying to get my attention at the same time, which made it interesting look at. Other covers, though, were much simpler and seemed calmer. These covers had a clean design, often with only one main picture or headline. The simpler covers focused on a single topic and didn’t have too much text or too many pictures, which made them feel more organized and easier to read. They usually had one clear, strong image, like of an animal or nature scene, and one main title that was easy to understand and remember....

Figuring out the magazine cover layout

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 While using the website Canva to create my magazine cover, I came across a template that caught my attention. This template gave me an idea on how to make my new magazine cover, and it made me decide to change the topic. The magazine is still going to be about animals but now, its going to be about their full experience with humans. Like how hunting has affected them, zoos, vets, circuses, neighborhoods, construction. All of these factors that have affected animals over the last thousands of years. I will talk about it all. Every interaction, every consequence, every helpful motive. All of it. While searching for pictures to replace the original template, I came across many pictures that could show how humans would interact with animals whether it be positive or negative, I ended up using a total of 4 images. I first used a jaguar image just to lure in the reader while I used a picture of a circus, hunting, and a rehabilitation exercise with cheetahs and dogs. These were just some...

How I use canva to create my magazine cover

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 Canva, is a design website that allows people to create their own designs. This website also provides pre-made designs so that creators can innovate them and make their own. I used a design of a magazine about Earth with small details and a picture of a rhino on it. I altered it so that instead of a rhino it would be a man helping a baby elephant, and the title would be more about helping animals rather than just talking about them. Canva allows people to add multiple fonts, colors, styles, backgrounds and basically alter any type of design possible. There are infinite possibilities on what you can change a single design to be and Canva provides hundreds of various topics.  Some other things Canva includes are templates, there are elements that include arrows, text boxes, images, drawings, hundreds of small details that can really bring the magazine cover to life. Canva is so advanced it even provides an AI that can create any image someone can think of. There are videos, aud...

How I used Mis-en-scene to make my magazine cover

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Mise-en-scène refers to how things are arranged to tell a story or set a mood In a magazine, this means how images, fonts, and colors are used to make the reader feel something or understand the message. For example, a fashion magazine might use bright, sharp pictures and fancy fonts to feel glamorous. Every little detail, from the layout to the colors, works together to send a message without even needing words. There are many things designers and producers can add to add Mise-en-scène to something.  In my magazine, I used the background of a man helping an elephant with the title "Actions Being Taken" which gave the topic off the bat. It gave the reader a clear description that the magazine was about actions people have already taken like the countless business that focus on taking care of animals. This title and background gave the main topic while the small fine print talked more about the topics that are gonna be covered and it even provides a quote "Welcome to Eart...

How I chose my magazine cover

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 In class we had to choose 1 magazine cover online and explain our 5 ideas that we had. I chose a cover about wildlife with a rhino picture and a quote saying "Welcome to Earth". This cover gave me a couple inspirations like talking about the passion for animals, the abuse, helping wildlife, and rehabilitation, but the one I chose was named "Actions being taken". Instead of talking about how people should help, and why they should help, I'm instead talking about what is already being done.                         (Example of my cover) Although there are a lot of animals being abused and murdered, there are hundreds of companies and business who focus on helping animals in a non-profitable way. These business clean up trash, they provide health care for animals in need, they work to be able to heal the animals. There are a lot of people who are aware of these problems animals are dealing with and th...