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2) This is the original piture I used to make my magazine cover.

3) a. What qualities of your magazine cover make it effective? (eg. What makes it eye catching?, What about it promotes curiosity?, How is it visually pleasing?, What makes it easy to understand?)

I think what makes my magazine cover effective is the bold and bright colours i used against the white background and this to me seems very eye catching which i also believe makes it visually pleasing. The picture of Aishwaryia Rai really sticks out and it promotes curiosity because it makes you wonder why she’s on the cover?..who is she?..which leads you to also read the headlines. The text on the cover is pretty straight forward and very easy to understand and also easy to see…because it’s all written on a white background which makes the text pop out and to make the text easier to see, i also put a drop shadow around it.

     b)What was the order of hierarchy you were trying to achieve for the elements on your  magazine cover?

My order of hierarchy:

1) Aishwaryia Rai

2)URBAN GIRL

3)101 HOT SUMMER LOOKS (Secondary story)

4)Summer Shopping (Third story)

5)HOROSCOPES (additional )

6)Aishwariya Rai – Bringin bollywood to hollywood (main story)

The reason why i want the viewers attention to go through all the other stories before the main one is because while the viewer is looking for the reason why Aishwariya’s on the cover, he or she will see all the other stories that are in the magazine which will allow them to read through other things besides Aishwaryia’s story. =]!!