Front Cover.

The Process.

I started out by putting my main image on the first layer and adding small details like; my header and footer bars, my pug and my subsidiary image. After sorting out the size of my header and footer bars, I added the text 'Loads of quiz's with the chance to win a ski trip!' to my header bar. I took some time adjusting where exactly I wanted my pug to sit on the page. I lined my subsidiary image up with the top of the head in the main image. Next I added in my sell lines down either side of the main image, I had one sell line left that did not fit on the page properly, as I did not want to overcrowd my cover, I decided to leave it out. I then added the issue number and date into the eft hand corner of the footer bar and I also added in a barcode to the right hand side of the footer bar. I finally added in my masthead which slightly overlapped the main images head, which was planned and I then put my splash and pull quote in just above the footer bar, covering the chest of the main image.

After taking a step back to look at my page, I decided that there were a few things that I wanted to change. These included adding a red box around my subsidiary image and to keep with my red, black and white theme I also changed the separation lines from black to red, highlighting key words that would appeal to my target audience in red also. I then moved my masthead up slightly so that it was positioned in a better place between the subsidiary image and the header bar.

The Final Product.

The finishing touches that I made included; adding '£1.00' into the barcode box so that readers knew the price and moving the text inside my pug down so that it looked more centred. I believe that my front cover has turned out well and looking back at my first drafts I have noticed that I have made a handful of small changes. However, I think that my final outcome works much better and looks well presented as a professional magazine would. I feel that I have achieved everything I wanted to achieve when I first started drafting ideas for this front cover and I do not believe that I would change anything now.