I first started to play around with how the main stickers were arranged and see how I could place them. I realised that I needed to change the spacing, size and alignment of the images to make the whole design more appealing to the younger audience. I decided to make the signs smaller, and change the sizing of the different buildings to create contrast in my design.
I then started to outline the buildings and signs.
I used the brush tool with a small brush to carefully go around the outside of the stickers. I tried to stay as close to the image as i could so that it looked more life-like and convincing. At first I wanted to see how it would look with one line around the images, but I changed my mind and decided to do a dashed line, which I think looked much better. I think this really helped my designs stand out on the page, ensuring the audience knows they are definitely stickers.
Then I went ahead and added in the map into the design, and decided to place the cupcake sticker onto the map. I think this would help the really young audience if they might be unable to read the instructions on the other page which i plan to put on the stickers page.
I then started to add in the signs gradually, placing them carefully, just making sure that the same colours weren't put together, making the design look boring or too collected with one colour. I also made sure to put the sign for the cupcake next to it, so that the children knew how to place the stickers, ensuring they would know to match them up together.
After placing the images where I wanted to I added in the information so the kids knew what to do. For the main title i tried to use a typeface that was handwritten, but didn't conflict with the type on the signs, and so I chose the type called "Generally Speaking". I think this type works well for the type of magazine it is going in, because it isn't so handwritten that it clashes with the type on the stickers, but isn't too digital that it doesn't attract the eye of the younger audience.
I also decided to add in a background behind the type so that it stood out on the page a little more on the white background. I also decided to change the colour to green and line it up with part of the map so that the pages linked together better, making it feel like all one page instead of 2 separate pages.
I then noticed the stickers didn't fully stand out on the page, and so I went ahead and put a background on that page. I decided on a yellow colour as it brought in the 3rd primary colour. At first it was fully prismatic, but I realised that this was too full on and so i made sure it was a lighter colour and slightly more muted. When i did this I filled the entire background using the magic wand tool and then realised it filled the colour behind the stickers where i needed the colour to be white.
To make the background white I stayed on this layer and used the lasso tool to go around where the dashed lines were and took out the colour. This made sure that the images definitely look like stickers and stand out on the page more.
I then added in the small extras onto my design, such as the page number and the name of the magazine. I knew these needed to be seen on the page and so I added in a box behind them and lowered the opacity so that they didn't cover the main image.
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