Front Cover Mock-Ups

Drawn Mock-Up

Above is the first draft of the magazine that I had, drawn and then scanned in. It features a badly-drawn Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 as the cover girl, indicating that I would like someone painted for filth on the  cover, who can represent the subculture. There is also a tagline as a header/skyline, which says "The world's No.1 source for drag music", which will be one of the main features of the whole magazine ans shows viewers what will be featured in the magazine.

The magazine also features a drawing of Divine's famous lips, giving life to the title and dedication of the queen's devotion to the community.

The image of Alaska I used for the sketch

Word Mock-Up

For this creation I used Microsoft Word as the base program and used a picture of Alaska Thunderfuck as the cover photo. The lips in the top left corner are those of Divine and pay tribute to the amazing performer. To put these on, I had to find a photo of Divine in black and white and cut them out of the picture (using paint, as photoshop will not open on these computers). I used a colour scheme of black, white and purple for this, sticking to the idea of simplicity, but I don't think this 'simplistic look' would attract many people visually. 

The advertisement/plug I used for this was a 'year's supply of Kryolan Cosmetics' as I knew that it would attract a large variety of people, such as: makeup artists, theatre performers, drag performers, drag enthusiasts, actors etc. and so could pull customers in to wanting to buy the magazine.

Mock-ups using PicMonkey.com 

RuPaul: Supermodel of the World

For this mock-up, I used several layers and editing techniques to create a starstruck space filter, erased from the face so that Ru's face could stand out and not be obstructed. I also took the idea of overlapping the 'D' and 'I' from the title to create a link in the title for a title focal point.

Hieeeeee: Alaska

In this edit, I added the filters from before (from memory as you cannot save the editing layers) and swapped out the plain 'D' from before to a turquoise, slightly transparent, 'D' in a different font. This changes the whole look of the magazine and makes it look less plain. 

Willam: If you've got a cheque, he's got a talent

Now for this version, I added a transparent skyline with a tagline written atop in quite a whimsical font, linking to the world of drag, as it is like entering a new, much more exciting, world. I also added a plug of the original idea, sticking to the colours of the background filter. This filter is also much more toned down in this edit, of which my teacher believes should not be done, and should be made just as intense as before.