15/02/2011 - How I made my front cover

I created this GIF to show the different stages involved in making my music front cover.

I placed the image in the centre of the page so that this would allow me to use the rule of thirds when placed text around it. The title of the magazine was positioned along the top of the page to allow the reader to clearly see what it is called. I decided to change the background colour as it was too vibrant being just white, I selected a darker shade so that this would emphasise everything else. Next, I added the text and I decided to just use white and black text because I was going to use red originally but I did not want to use too many colours. I think that the black text it bold enough to stand out and the white underneath gives more information to the reader. I made the text 'JOSIE STUART' in InDesign and placed it on top of the image. Underneath this I added the speech to give the reader a bit more information about what the main article might be about and to attract their attention. Finally, I added a barcode as all magazines have this and then I inserted the month and year, the issue number and a price which is similar to the price of 'Big Cheese' magazine.