1. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
FRONT COVER

2. BACKGROUND
COVERED BY
USING LOW
OPACITY
PAINTBRUSH IN
WHITE AND
GREY

3. Added a
black
and
white
over
effect
using
this

4. MASTHEAD
MADE
PREVIOUSLY

5. MADE THE
PICTURE AND
MASTHEAD
BRIGHTER

6. I THEN ADDED A
LEADLINE USING
PHOTOSHOP TEXT,
COLOURED IT WHITE,
PUT A BLACK
OUTGLOW AROUND IT
, THEN WARPED IT TO
CURVE. THE SMALLER
WRITING WAS AGAIN
PHOTOSHOP TEXT
THAT I PUT A FAINT
OUTGLOW ONTO, SO
IT STOOD OUT.

7. BANNER
WAS A
BRUSH-
FILLED IN
WHITE

8. I ADDED A SMALL BLACK BOX AND STRETCHED TO MAKE
THE BOTTOM BANNER.

9. I then added text to the bottom banner, in the same font I’ll
use throughout my magazine. The text is of other bands
featured in the magazine. I coloured it white and added a
dropshadow.

10. ADDED THE PRICE, ISSUE NUMBER AND
A BARCODE FROM A BARCODE
GENERATOR.

11. FINISHED COVER