For the second draft of my magazine advert, I decided to got for a more photo-based advert, where the image took up the whole page, much like the Marina and the Diamonds advert. I used the image from the album cover, as I thought it was more likely to be recognised and would fit in well with my album cover. However, I did have some trouble deciding on what colour font to use:
I first decided to use a blue similar to Alice's dress, as it showed up well against the orangey background, however it looked a bit too artificial and a little bit tacky. It did go well with the colourful theme of Ruby Reigns, though.
I then tried white font, as it was what I used on the actual album cover, but I found that it isn't very eye catching, which doesn't matter quite so much on an album cover, but an advertisement is to sell the album, so the text would need to be eye catching.
I then tried out black font, which I found worked well, as it stands out well and is easy to read. I did worry, however that I would need to put more text on the image and the black would not necessarily stand out as well against her tights.
Therefore, for the finished piece I decided to use white writing lower down. I really like this design overall, as it is simple, colourful and eye catching, as well as telling the audience all the information necessary.
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