Front cover

this is the sketch of my front cover, i would like to make my final front cover look similar to this.

this is a digital version of my layout for my front cover.

  This is the image that i'm going to use for my front cover, it definitely covers the rock them because of the guitar and his costume. The hair and shirt are all part of the costume. 

The image was put through photoshop, and what i did was pale the model  up and made the guitar more vibrant.

  I added a smashing screen effect to show how angry and metal the model is.  

i darkened the models shirt and hair, 

 

I added a black box at the top of my image to advertise for free posters in the magazine.

after that i filled in the black box with bright fonts in red, yellow and white
i also added the artists name in white so that it can stand out from the background.

i decided to put the artist name in the middle of the page, i also added an image/poster and red stickers.

I made some changes by make the artists name in yellow instead of white, then added a red stickers and a white quote line with a broken glass effect.

The barcode, news, and stickers where added to make it resemble a magazine.

i later on added some more news on the side to make my magazine resemble a real one.

i made another stickers that said 20th anniversary of the magazine.

 

then i added another sticker that gives tips to the readers, i added a little flame on the background to attract the readers.

This here is my final front cover, i made sure that i gave it a colourful and cluttered look just to appeal to my target audience

This is my final product.