First I decided to produce the layout of the magazine before I put the main image in, I had a good idea by this time of the conventions present in indie/alternative magazines and based the layout on these conventions. I added the black and red rectangles using the shape tool in order to give me an idea of how large I wanted the masthead to be. I then added the golden circle in a position that would stand out against the rest of the cover.
I then added the logo of my magazine, and began adding some text to my cover, the layout of the text was something that I wanted to be different, so that it did not look identical to other leading competitors and the cover itself stood out.
I then added the main text, this was challenging as it was difficult to keep the text in line, especially when I was using different sizes throughout in order to highlight certain words and phrases. At this point I also added a bar code to the cover as well as a red triangle using the shape tool in order to make the cover look more interesting and complex.
I now added the main image and began adjusting the text layers so that she was behind the text but over the masthead, I also added and issue number, price and date in order to make my magazine cover look more professional
I then adjusted the models eyes as they did not look professional, I also added the different bands and artists onto my magazine in order to represent my target audience proficiently.
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