FINAL Music Magazine Front Cover

This is my final front cover for my music magazine. The inspiration for this was NME magazine, especially the colour scheme and the plug at the bottom. 

Magazine Front Cover Screenshots

This print screen was in the middle of changing the 'Levels' of the cover image of my model. I wanted to make the background brighter at the top, so the model's face stood out a lot more. I think this image looks very good because the brightness fades gradually.

In this print screen, you can see that I'm editing the masthead of my magazine cover, making the writing stand out more by adding an outer glow (in black).

In this print screen you can see that I have selected the print on the model's shirt to focus on, and adding another layer on Photoshop to work on this certain area. At this point in time, I was working on the 'Levels' again, as I didn't want the Guns N Roses logo on the front of the shirt to stand out, as that isn't relevant to my magazine cover, and therefore I wanted it to be dark and as not eye catching as it was due to it being on a black shirt.

Photos For My Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread

I didn't want to use this image because the model for my front cover had ear phones in and it didn't look very professional.

This image for one, was too dark, and I felt like the facial expression wasn't right for the front cover of my music magazine.

I liked this image because it seems fun, however it again didn't seem right for a music magazine.

This image was a non serious one, simply because the 'Stagg' on the drum was the same last name as the model for my front cover. After a second look at the image I knew because of the view of the carpet, and how it didn't look professional, it wasn't going to be on my front cover.

I wanted this person on my contents page because I think he suited the genre, especially with the green coat on.

Originally, I wanted a close up image for the contents page, and if it wasn't for the facial expression I may have used this.

I liked this image for my contents page, however, when I tried to crop it all different ways, it didn't really work because it was too zoomed in, or stretched out, therefore I chose a different image.

Photographs From Gigs

These photographs are ones I took myself from music events this year. I saw Paramore in Nottingham, Arctic Monkeys and The Strypes at Earl's Court in London, and Miles Kane at Hull University. Posting these on was very beneficial for me, because later on when creating my contents page, I already had a few images to chose from which could go on there.

Planning For My Magazine Front Cover

The weather seems good on Tuesday (10th December), because it's sunny and clear, and therefore it'll be good weather to take pictures of my model for the front cover, and double page spread