2. We use Photoshop to do the front cover, it was easy to do and easier to learn.
I chose white as the colour
of my title because with
the picture I was using it
would stand out more,
but I wanted it to stand
out more then this.
I wanted to make the title a lot
bolder then it was, so I added
effects to it they were stroke, and
bevel & emboss. This made the
title stand out, which meant that
it was going to be easier to read
by the audience.

3. The title was now more unique
and I began to fill in the date for
my magazine, I made it smaller
so that it was still easy to read
but not to big that it was going
to break the codes and
conventions.

4. Not realising that maybe the date was too big and the title should have been stretched to the other end filling the entire top bar.
I filled in the barcode which was too
big for a usual barcode and then the
Positioning statement which isn’t
close enough to the title.
Following on, I then included a few of my articles
and tried to organise them in a professional manor.

5. Furthermore, I have stretched out my title as
following the codes and conventions do so. I put
the main cover line on the bottom of the page
which links to the picture.
I then began to fill in half the brick work, then I'm
going to paste it again except flip it so that it reflects
the other half.
Then included a picture for the background but
moved it down so the title isn’t so much over the
model. I will then copy and paste certain parts of
the brick work so that it can blend in, using the
rectangular tool to do so.

6. The barcodes are wrong, as they are suppose to have the white bar round it which these ones don’t.
Added extra articles because I need at
least 8 articles for my front cover so I
needed to add an extra one.
The colours on my articles are beginning
to progress, need to decide what colours
look best and where they look best.

7. Moreover, I began to try making
my magazine a little more
professional by setting the artists
in a more clearer way which would
attract the readers. Although the
information below is a bit small I
will need to make it bigger.
I have put the models head above
the writing as most well known
magazines usually do that it so it
makes my magazine more
professional yet still able to read
what the title says, which is very
important.
I have removed my mistake of the
barcode and replaced it with a
more appropriate bar code. I have
left a gap there so I can put my
‘plus’ stuff there this allows them
to stand out and grabs the
attention of their audience as it
will be much easier to read.

8. I have edited the pictures to be a little
brighter as the pictures before was quite
dark, whereas now the lips and the eyes
stand out so much, also it really helps that
my colour is ‘blue’ for the magazine and so
are her eyes it will really grab the audience
in, as from the questionnaire that I did it
proved that ‘blue’ was the colour that they
associated with indie.
As well as this I put the date and the price
of the magazine in one like against the
Sorted out the bar and
barcode, which saved some space and it
filled in the ‘plus’
improved the look, I thought.
information, Also went
through and changed any
spelling mistakes that I
have made.

9. Moreover, I anticipated on
whether I should change the
colours around and see what
looked better as what, because I
was unsure on if it suited the
colours that it was originally.

10. In terms of my design I decided to change my opinion on the colour again
because I thought it was looking a bit too white for me, so I thought I
would mess around with the strength of the headlines so that the artist
would stand out, whereas maybe the information was more subtle but still
able to read clearly.
I moved the web address and the
positioning statement towards
the title a little, as it looked better
and it followed the codes and
conventions, staying in line with
the title. The positioning
statement and the web address
needed to stay in the inner of
‘ORIGINAL’.

11. Following on I edited the main heading
of ‘Megan’ with a black deep line so that
it made her name stand out and to form a
unique look, because the blue by itself
was not easy to read, from a distant not
very good, but with the black line it
I moved it towards the centre so
makes the blue more easy to read.
that it did not look like any of
the others and in my theory I
thought it looked a lot better
towards the middle frame,
moving the ‘the untold truth’
closer towards ‘Megan’ so that it
does look like they are together.

12. Edited the line of ‘Megan’ just so
that it would look better and it
looks stronger by using “Bevel &
Emboss” to do this.

13. This is my final design taken from
Photoshop, then print screened it
and then cropped it so that it was
just the magazine and not the bits
of the computer