Weekly Update 6

This week I created my masthead and the 'cover story' symbol. I found it difficult to find a crackled effect for my masthead text on photoshop.

Symbol Design

I started by creating two different sized arrows, one red and one black.

I then layered the smaller arrow over to bigger one, and added the text 'COVER STORY' over the top.

Masthead Design

Firstly I chose a simple, bold, font, like the font of 'Kerrang!' and 'NME'. I chose black as the colour of my font, to go well with the red and white on the rest of the page and also to look professional.

I then decided that I wanted to make the masthhead edgy to fit the rock genre. So I used the bevel, emboss and satin tools to do so. This created a subtle crackly effect and made the characters un-level.

Inspired by the masthead of Kerrang!, I then decided to create thin white lines through the masthead. I did this using the shape tool, and then used the eraser tool to get rid of any visible lines which were not running through the masthead.