Final Piece: Work in progress

This is the image that i used for the background of my magazine cover, which i placed into Photoshop and resized the image.

Next i created the masthead, i chose a font off of Dafont.com and i chose the font Chapaza. Because i wanted the background image to overlap the masthead, i had to duplicate the image and then i used the pen tool to go around a section of the models head and i made a selection, which then on a separate layer, i put the selection and it overlapped the masthead. I had to get the paintbrush and chose the size 27 brush and the colour black to go around the edge of the section i copied to make it look neat and not look like it had been cut out.

 This is what the masthead looked like after i finished overlapping the image over the masthead.

Next i put the cover lines on to the magazine cover, using the fonts Chapaza and Bebas Neue. I also varied the sizes of the text on the magazine cover, to make the type sizes complement each other and not conflict and not look boring.

I made the 'Exclusive' italic to make it protrude and to make the magazine more interesting and it gave the magazine cover more variation.

To add more depth to my magazine cover, i added a some colour to the magazine cover. Firstly i chose a blue but it was rather conflicting against the black and white background image. So, i changed the colour to a bright pink, this gave the magazine cover more interest, appeal and gave it more depth. The colour pink also made the magazine complementary.

The masthead was lacking something, so i made it more substantial by making it the size of it bigger. Also i decided to make the model more darker than the background of the image, to make the model stand out from the background. To do this i got the paintbrush and selected the colour black and i painted over the model and made it darker and i also changed the layers levels to do that.

I realigned the cover lines on the magazine to make it look more professional and neater. I also moved the cover lines around as well because i wanted the pink 'festive fashion styles' overlapping the image because it will protrude better over the top of the image.

I changed the font of the 'festive fashion styles' to American Purpose to make the text on the magazine cover more complementary. I changed the alignment of it to make it stand out more. Also, i changed the colour of the 'festive fashion styles' to a pink gradient because it makes the cover line more appealing and eye catching and to finish that cover line, on the words, i added a drop shadow, giving it more depth and interest. Also, i changed the colour of the masthead to white, to make it more complementary and the colour white protrudes better, than the colour black.

I changed the colours of the 'fashion' and the 'styles' and swapped their colours around to make it look more appealing.