Creating My Front Cover

Here I used the Magic Wand tool and the magnetic lasso to cut out this photo.

 

I  then added the photo onto a new layer and coloured the background with the paint bucket tool, using the eye dropper tool to get the colour of lilac in the cover stars top. I then cropped the photo using the free transform and crop tools as a close mid shot is a conventional shot to use for a feature article photo. Next I created a masthead and a puff. I used the stroke tool create the black border around the text to make it stand out.

 

Next using the text tool again, I created my cover line.

 

I then added the plugs using alternating colours. I made the decision to change the layout of the plugs and cover line to one of my other sketches I did as I thought the layout was more conventional. I think this new layout is more visually pleasing too.

I chose a darker background and bright colours. I used the pink in the cover stars top to make a connection between the colour scheme and the what she was wearing. The background and bright colours make the magazine look more like a magazine in the dance music genre. My survey said that my audience would want bright colours however I adapted the meaning of 'Bright Colours' from light tones to more luminous tones.

In the final stages of creating my front cover, I added in  more plugs and finished my 'stacked plugs' by using the free transform tool. I then added in a barcode at the bottom which I created on the internet.