Here, I decided the font, colours and size for the masthead and the skyline. This took me little time, as I was familiar with the tools in Photoshop. I used the move tool to place the text to where I want.

Next, I used different fonts for the artist’s names and placed them into position using the quick selection tool and the rotate tool for ‘MC HASHBROWN’.

The upcoming few steps included me including more cover lines across the magazine. I decided to move the artist’s name to the bottom left and straightened out the main headline. For the boxes, I used the rectangle shape tool. I also added a barcode at the bottom left.

I then added the photo of my artist and gave him some effects by adding an outer glow and inner glow. I also placed a simple background behind the layers to make it look more professional and stylish.

I didn’t like the photo I previously used and so I swapped it for a more appropriate one. I also added an outer glow for this as well.