I didn't like how my first music magazine cover turned out because it seems to be overwhelmed with colours and texts, so I decided to create a second version which will show how I developed and changed my ideas to improve it.
1) I began with this landscape photo, I like how the model is looking directly into the camera and the mise-en-scene was perfect for my magazine
2) I edited the photo on Photoshop to make it brighter, better contrast and generally nicer and more suitable for a magazine cover.
3) Then I created the masthead with the font "Old Press", changed it into a raster layer from vector layer, then erased a portion of the masthead so that my model's head is in front of the masthead, making the masthead seem more like part of the photograph. I have also given the masthead the effect of drop shadow as it gives it more dimension.
4) Simple rectangular shapes are placed on the page as a background to the cover lines and taglines I wish to add in later on.
5) I have added the cover line on top of the white rectangular backgrounds. As well as names of other featured artists at the top of the magazine.
6) Taglines are added on the left side of the page, I used the different fonts of "Broadway" and "Arial Black" to vary the fonts and make it look more attractive. I have also placed a plug and promotion on the right side of the magazine...
7) To create the plug and promotion, I first created two pink rectangles and typed the phrase on it with "Arial Black", but then I tried out other different fonts and found "Impact Label" which looks much better. I included two posters as a sample of what the free posters will look like. I have then gave all those elements the effect of drop shadow to give it more dimension.
8) Finally I added the last little bit of details such as another tagline, the price and issue date of the magazine and also the bar-code.
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