Magazine cover 3 production process.

Ben Whitehurst

I decided tor use this image of a player who plays for my rugby team for the front cover of my sports magazine as I felt that it captured the strength and agility of the player, these concepts are concepts for rugby players. I decided not to alter any of the lighting effects within the photo as I felt the natural lighting looked good on its own.

I decided to use the colour blue as predominant feature within both of the sports magazines that I have created as I felt that it will appeal to sports people the most. I created this back ground on two separate layers on Photoshop so I could have a darker border. Once I had created the layer I used the shape tool to fit alongside the image I had taken.

I next decided to put barcode and issue date onto the magazine cover as they are crucial aspects to ensure people know how much the magazine is going to cost them. I used a barcode of the internet and I created the issue date by using the text tool.

Next I put my cover lines onto the magazine I again used the colour blue within these. The font I used in these cover lines was ‘Niagara engraved’. I used the text tool to create these coverlines.

I then put my masthead on to the magazine cover. The masthead on the magazines is recognisable throughout all of my magazines as I have used the same one. I used the text tool to create this.

Finally I put my main cover line onto the magazine to act as a hook to lure the audience to buy the magazine I have created this can be seen through the colours yellow and black as the stand out on the magazine. I used the shape and text tool to create these.