Front cover step by step

1. How I created my
front cover
Model-Tianesha

2. Firstly I opened InDesign.This came up and I
decided whether I wanted a document, book
or library. I chose document.

3. It then asked me how many pages I
wanted. As I am creating my front
cover I only typed in 1.

4. So here we begin with a blank A4
sheet

5. I then used the rectangle tool with the x
in to draw a box over the whole of the
two pages.This is so I can place an
image on top.

6. So now I am going to place my
Image. I am going to do this by
going to file then place.

7. Here you can see that this is the
foundation of my magazine.

8. I then created a text box and chose an appropriate
font for the title of the magazine. I chose for the
title to be white as it stands out against the image
and contrast wit the background.

9. Close up of font and what the font
is

10. The tool I used to create spaces
between the letters

11. I then placed another underlay box
so I could place an image

12. So here the barcode has been placed. I
decided to leave it landscape and
placed at the right bottom corner of the
page.

13. Next I began placing text. I placed a text
box and wrote the word exclusive. I
chose the font consolas, size 80 and
colour white.

14. I then placed another text box and positioned it directly
underneath the other one as they are linked.The font I
chose was minion pro, the size was 36 and the colour was
white. I chose white as it contrasted with the background
nicely so it stood out.

15. I then created another text box and placed
the word plus and the artists names. I chose
the colour white as it was placed on top of
the image which is black.

16. I created another text box and wrote 40 in font consolas,
size 50 and colours black and red. I chose for the “40” to be
in red so it stood out more and so it would catch the readers
attention.The textbox was aligned to the right . I then
wrote “greatest hits” in font minion pro, size 24 and colour
black so it contrasted.

17. The next piece of text was an artists name and about his
new album. I chose for the artists name to be in white and
of a much bigger font than the rest of the text. I also
decided that the name of the album should be in red so it
stood out but still the same font as the line before.

18. Finally I placed the models singing name on the
bottom left of the page in font minion pro and size
100. I put the name of the artist in red so it stood
out and the rest of the text black and a slightly
smaller font of x as it less relevant.