First I chosen one of my original images to use as a cover image and put it onto a page in Photoshop.

I used the magic wand tool to cut out the image and remove the background so that I just had the head/body left.

I tried to choose a colour that worked with the colours of the clothes and that made the magazine look more real.

For my cover line I decided to put it in a box to make it stand out and also I chose no more than 5 colours for the colour scheme.

The cover line is in the middle of the page and it is in bigger text as it is one of the main stories and links to the cover image.

When choosing the title of the magazine I used a colour that would stand out and look good.

The first edition is written on it and also the barcode is placed to the right of the cover.

Cover lines do not cover over the face and they are in fonts and colours that match each other.

Other cover lines are smaller to the right of the page in the same font with matching colours.

The final cover page includes only 4 colours which are Red, Grey, Black and White. All of the cover lines are spread out onto each side of the image with none of them going over the face. The title of the magazine is bold and clear to read and it is positioned behind the cover image, it also has a drop shadow on the title so that it stands out more and it makes the text look a lot better. The date of the

magazine and the first edition text is at the top on each side just under the title. The bar at the bottom with a cover line on it has a black box behind it to block out the image and focuses more on the text. The cover lines with boxes behind are the ones that stand out most as they are more important and are bigger stories. The barcode is in the corner of the page as it isn’t as important as the text and it doesn’t cover over the main part of the image. The person in the image is looking straight at the camera when the image was taken so there is eye contact with the reader so it makes it more appealing and makes the reader want to pick it up and look at it.