Deffered Reality ; A world
COTENT PAGE


DOUBLE SPREAD

Creating my cover
During production the framing of the picture was such that the hands themselves were slightly to the left. To ensure that the cover remained aesthetically pleasing I rotated the picture to frame the hands in the middle. All of this was done adobe photoshop


I used the stamp tool from adobe photoshop , to cover the spaces that became blank

Before using the picture in phtoshop i edited in adobe lightroom , increasing the exposure lowering the contrast to nullify some of the affect of an exreme exposure of sun and to create some depth in the picture


To work with my magazine dimensions the dimensions of the cover kept the same. i chose to work in RGB mode instead of CMYK as i was only publishing this digitally right now.

I used an online urdu keyboard to write . literally the translation is 'freedom,my right'

to gain the red filter i worked in the blending option of the picture layer. I assigned the color overlay as deep red , and in th drop down multiplied it with the picture itself.
mockup for my cover

First Mockup
My Masthead falls on a very goop place in this picture. The headspace is small enough to make the subjects appear prominent. The main coverline frames the picture in a very nice way , allowing the picture to breathe and moving the eyes from the masthead to the sujbjects to the maincoverline.

Second Mockup
While i loved the idea of a large headspace initally during my planning , I realised i don't prefer it as much anymore. Though it contributes greatly to my narrative by making the subjets seem small , the framing just does not look aesthetic. The masthead lies alone in a huge headspace and the coverlines are interrupting the way eyes move on the cover.