Slender Man Magazine Cover

Part of the task was to create a magazine cover featuring my
production. I chose to create an ''Empire'' magazine cover so as
to demonstrate photoshop skill in creating as close a replica to the actual magazine as possible.

The original image was first airbrushed- this is done by creating a duplicate layer, blurring (''Gaussian blur'') the bottom layer, and carefully erasing appropriate parts of the top layer. This was done on the actress's face to eliminate skin blemishes and on the Slender Man's face to eliminate the woven fabric pattern on the mask.

The Slender Man's head was marked out and copied, then pasted in the same location so that the magazine title could be placed between the two layers, creating a 3D effect which contributes to the professional look of the cover.

The ''Bloody Mary'' film is one of my fellow media student's productions, and this was included because Empire magazine often features upcoming films in addition to the cover story.





Here is an image of an actual Empire magazine cover for comparison:

As you can see, the side panel of ''Bloody Mary'' and the text about Jessie Campbell closely mimics that of the ''Batman vs Bane'' and ''Nolan Talks'' text. These are placed here as the eye is naturally drawn first to the top left of an image because this is the way English language reads.

The right hand side of the cover is used for additional article titles, specifically here about the Oscars.