Original Cover and Producing the Heading

To produce the heading to my student magazine, I logged onto a graffiti creator website, which enables the user to make their own graffiti, choosing colours, waves, symbols, sizes and lots of different effects. The site was particularly beneficial to me as I am making a magazine cover for young people who are constantly associated with graffiti, which has in fact evolved to be a rather trendy and popular style of writing. To begin the piece, I chose a backing coat of sky blue, a slightly lighter upper tween and slightly darker lower tween. This gave the text a shiny and glowing effect. After this, I added teal and navy stripes, which gives the appearance of the text a retro look and stars to catch the viewers attention. Next, I inserted an overall glaze to again make the image shinier and more reflective. Lastly, I added both inlines and outlines to create dimensions within the piece. Now that my heading is complete, I can save it and drag it into Photoshop for placement.