Process on creating front cover

Using gradient tool I created this background as I feel it is eye catching and will attract readers straight towards it. The colour of the background is loud and is vibrant . This was the first step of creating the magazine

I then added my masthead which stayed with the colour scheme of black, blue and white. I chose this colour scheme as I feel these colours go very well together.My model on the cover is wearing a colour that stands out from the colour schemeI chose to do this as the vibrant background wont take attention away from the model.The image of the model has an outer glow allowing it to have a bigger impact upon the readers, as well as the model the masthead has also got an outer glow allowing it to be bold.

I now added sell lines, keeping them all different from each other through size and glow effect also adding a bar code and website, as it is a typical convention of a magazine. The more sell lines that would have a greater impact upon the reader would be more bold. Using white throughout as it will stand out from the blue and black background.

I added some extra sell lines as there didn’t seem to be enough and the cover therefore wouldn’t be able to persuade a reader to read it. Throughout the cover I used 3 colour scheme black, blue and white if I had used more colours it would confuse the reader and wouldn’t be a typical convention of a music magazine. This is now the completed version of my front cover.