Construction Of Front Cover

First started off with a A4 page with a Black Background.

I then took the photo from my photo shoot and cut her from the background ( using the magic lasso) , because I didn’t like the foreground so placed her onto the black background instead, which I like better than what I had in mind, as it puts the focus on her.

I then resized the picture so that it would cover most of the blank areas, and make the page fuller.

I started to add my mast head by using the font Farcry from dafont.com in a white colour as it contrasts with the black background.

I then resized it to fill across the top of the page.

I then moved the layer below the picture layer so it would go behind the head, as this emphasises the importance of the picture to the rest of the magazine.

I then added to the masthead ‘magazine’ in a Ariel font in red, as this colour stands out with the white and black. These are my main colour palette.

Like the mast head I moved it the left and put this layer behind the picture, as this is part of the masthead and follows the same principle.

I then edited the picture by putting a lighting effect on it contrast with the black background. And also added a selling line; which I have done in Ariel font, in white to contrast with the mast head.

After that I decided to add a white box were the skyline will be, as this makes it stand out and contrast with the masthead.

I then added the main pull quote, which I have don’t in white and red in large Ariel font. This is the same sort of style I have used for the masthead so that they contrast with each other.

I then added to this pull quote with more white text.

Then going back to the skyline I resized the white box to give a more defined border to the cover.

I put the ‘free CD inside’ bigger than the text so that it stands out and will be seen as its on the third left.

I then added a pull quote from the interview which will be on the double page spread. I put the text in black but added a white glowing effect so that it could be seen on the black background.

I then put all the rest of the information about the magazine at the bottom to give the reader a more of an in sight to what they can find in the magazine.

The added a bar code price and date and issue number to give it a more of an effect for a magazine.

I then did a few touch ups to the magazine. I first added some effects to the main quote line; this really makes it stand out and really makes it emphasis. I made the ‘free’ red just so it can stand out to catch the eye and also shortened the selling line to make it snappier. I also made the bottom text bigger just so it balances the magazine.