Photoshop Practise Exercise 2

This here is my second Photoshop practise exercise. Unlike the last one where I made a magazine cover for The Simpsons magazine, this one is a mock up for a music magazine. For this magazine, I have used a bold image of Kasabian, I have done this because they are in my chosen genre of music, the Rock genre. It is important that the music magazine relates to the magazine that I will produce in the future.

I am very happy with the outcome of my magazine cover as it looks professional and the layout looks very good. I have used an image of Kasabian for the front cover, with the subject's head overlapping the masthead. This gives a sense that the magazine is well-established. The colour scheme is very mature but it ha hints o brighter colours that relate to the younger audience. The Masthead that I have used is the name of my magazine that I will make. I have done this to see what the name looks like on a magazine cover. I really like the font that I have used for my masthead as it looks bold and it stands out but it isn't the main focus on the page. I have used a brush script font for the rest of my magazine cover, I like this font because it is thick and it stands out.

I have used a bold image and I have also used some smaller sub-images on the cover. I have used lots of text on my cover, this makes it look a little cluttered which relates and appeals to the young male audience. I have used some smaller social media icons and I have changed them to suit the colour scheme of the magazine cover. The use of social media also shows that the audience is young. I have used a barcode on the cover in the bottom right corner and I have placed the essential information in the top right corner. I have put the tag-line 'The #1 bestseller', this helps to attract the reader and the buyer.