Making of the Front Cover

Once I decided on my final photo I uploaded it in to photoshop and copied the layer.
I then edited one of the copies of the layer by cutting out the background and the guitar and placing this back on to the original copy of the layer.
I entered my title of 'Silence' with some of it trickling down on to his head and the guitar.
I made the original layer black and white to make Sam stand out more to catch the readers attention.
On the inside of the text I added a maroon line, which is the colour I will use through out to create consistency. I also erased the 'N' dripping on to his head as I did not think like this, but I have kept it going on to the guitar.
I thought that there was not much colour to make the picture stand out so I decided to add another layer in so that his guitar is in colour, which matches with the line I added around the text.
I inserted the rest of the title 'Anything But' which fits well in the gap. I also added the name of the artist (in a serif font, to make it look as if he wrote it, and the interview is personal), the name of the band (as more people will recognise this in comparison to his name) and what is included about him (an exclusive interview).
At the bottom of the page I have included a footer made of three different rectangular shapes. I drew the stars in between the text to show the different information included.
In the top right corner I have included a section of the bands that are included inside. I have made the box behind 'Including' slanted using free transform to make the front look more artistic and messy like a music magazine looks. I have put the different band names in slightly different colours so that they are easily identical and made them flow round Sam's outline.
I have included an album to show that is a new release, and information about it is written inside.
I added 'all you want to know about' to fill up the space above Sam Avery as it looked empty, and you do not find many gaps on the cover of a magazine, as they want to show how much information is packed in. I also added the heading of 'free posters' as this will give the reader more motivation to buy the magazine. I will include images of some of the free posters underneath.
I inserted a bar code, price, issue number, and date to make the cover look more credible that it is real.
Finally I added three images of the free posters included with white boxes behind them to make them look slightly like polaroids and stand out more.

I am extremely pleased with the production of my magazine.