Front Cover Drafts 2

Front Cover Drafts 2

After creating my Front cover for my music magazine, I felt that the final product did not fully look like a professional pop magazine. I therefor decided that I would improve the convections and features of the cover that did not like, and improve them to look more appealing.

Retry- First Draft.

From my last final draft I did not like the plug and puff in the left hand bottom corner and decided to remove that.  I also removed the blue rectangle box behind the Delilah Rose and changed the colour of the font to match the Popstar star, (orange).
My next focus was the cover lines in the left third, as I felt there was no design element that  appealed to the magazine or the reader, and looked listed and basic. I did this by deleting one cover line to make more room so it did not look as crowded. By doing this also meant that I could include a picture, which is normally present on existing magazines other than the main centre image.I added a blue stroke of 2pt around the image to give more colour and made it more unique.
The new cover lines are "One Direction LIVE!" and "We shop in tesco". To add effect to these cover lines I added in pink boxes which take the shape of the text, by creating two rectangles and then highlighting them both. Once highlighted I could then merge them together by using 'pathfinder' and then 'add'. This was useful as it meant that the shape was now one and a drop shadow could be added to give more depth to the image below.
Next, I added a simple plain rectangle, which i filled in by highlighting and selecting the colour of your choice. I chose the hot pink as already used for the plug and puff and also the cover lines.
Lastly, I adjusted the barcode by making it smaller in size, and adding the price of £2.00 and the magazines website. I used the bright blue as it contrasted well against the pink background and also matched the cover image.

Retry- Second Draft.

I next created another rectangle using the rectangle tool in white. With this I then decided to add a transparency to it, so it did not look so harsh against the image. Within this thin rectangle i added the main cover story of 'Her First Ever Interview!" which was in impact black. I changed the word 'ever' in blue as it highlighted that this is an exclusive interview and she has not been featured in any other magazine.
In the semi circle I added an image of a Barry M nail polish which related to the cover story of giving one away with this issue.
I edited the photo firstly in Photoshop, adjusting the brightness and contrast. I next added another layer to the image and filling it with white. I could then go back onto the first layer and apply a stroke of 30mm. This left a white outline around the image which was the effect intended. I then inserted the image using a rectangle tool frame and using "cmmd D". I adjusted the image by rotating it 70 degrees, which allowed me more space for the text. This then meant that I could apply text in "impact" with a sub heading of "wow" in a blue box to add affect.

Retry- Third Draft.

The last stage in my construction was adding a black angled box in the top right hand side which will feature of a quiz shown in my final design.

To my third draft I also added an black arrow. To create this i first drew a black rectangle. Next i drew another one, but instead used the pen tool. While holding ctrl it allowed me to delete an anchor point and create a triangle which could be placed next to the rectangle. I could then fill in also in black and merge the shapes together using the pathfinder tool. I adjusted the size to fit into the space and applied white text of "plus". I then listed other topics that would be featured inside the magazine such as styles, quizzes and advice with two smaller orange stars.