Progression of Front cover on Photoshop

This is my starting image for the front cover:

I have now progressed onto deleting the background and cutting the model out:

I have created a new A4 blank piece of paper for the front cover:

Placing the cut out image onto the blank piece of paper:

Different sizes of the images on the front cover:

This scaled image is the original size from when I placed it on the blank piece of A4. I have just moved it around to make it more of a closer medium close up.

This scaling there is more room for the title to fit in at the top but the sell-lines might go over her face.

I have moved the image more to the right in order to fit the sell-lines in.




















Adding the Masthead:
I have typed in the masthead on the font style CF Anarchy, font colour black and a dark red.

In this image the masthead is behind her head.

I have moved the main image down a little and to the right. This way you can make out that it says Anthem.





















Adding The Barcode:
A found Image from http://verus-ar.com/wp-content/uploads/Upc_Bar_code.jpg

Date and Issue Number:
Adding the date and the issue number using the font

I decided to have the date and the issue number on the right hand side under the masthead so I can fit a tagline on.
Issue 28
December 2013, making it a monthly magazine.




















Adding the footer:

This footer block is in red. I am going to try it in black next.

This is the footer in black. I feel that the red stands out more so i am going to use the red.





















Adding a story/sell line to the graphic:

The story is about winning tickets to see rock band Green Day on their 2014 tour.





















Adding the Price:

The price has been added under the Issue number and date.






















Adding the sell lines:

BUZZ WORD: EXCLUSIVE
The word exclusive

ANOTHER BUZZ WORD: FREE.
Free is a good word to use, it catches the eye of the audience. I have added 10 free posters of Melony Spikes (the main image model). I believe that Melony Spikes sounds like a rock star name.

Another sell line. An interview with Brian May about Freddie Mercury 's dark side when recording music and on public appearances.





This is my first draft and I feel that I should have swapped the two left hand stories around.














After The stories have been swapped:























Masthead Resized and Date/Issue number moved to top left: