Front Cover Progress

This is my process so far for my music magazine front cover and how I carried it out.

First I inserted my mast head with the typography I previously chose from 'Dafont' website. I also inserted a line across the top of the page where I will be having a banner. I also inserted a rectangle shape across the 'Z' to create a customised look to this title and typography and add a 'brand' to this masthead which will be regognisable to Interzone magazine.

However in order for my masthead 's letters to be equally spaced and to fill the width of the page I had to adjust the spacing of the characters. I also changed the colour of the typography. 

I decided to use the second colour for my masthead as I feel it is more softer and suits and alternative music magazine better. However, this is not the final colour for my masthead, I may change it once I have inserted my main front cover photo. 

I then typed my banner and decided to make it a pale grey colour so that the main focus will be on the mast head and headline. 

I then added my headline 'The Hand Picked' which will anchor my main front cover photo of the band once I have inserted it. I like the typography that I have used for my headline as it is in contrast to my headline typography and stands out. This typography is also associated with my band in which I have created for my magazine, in the same way font is associated and regognised for existing bands.

I decided to make the headline typography colour slightly browner to make it appear visually softer and to suit alternative conventions. I then added a subheading under my masthead to give the audience an idea of what the magazine will be talking about and featuring about this band. It also is a rhetorical question which draws the reader in and makes them want to know the answer. 

I have now began to add the cover lines on the right hand side of the front cover. I have used the same pale grey as the banner, again to keep the main focus on the mast head and head line and also to keep to a basic and simplistic colour scheme which is an alternative music magazine convention.  

This is my final process so far on my front cover. At this point I inserted a bar code on the bottom left hand side of the page to make it look professional looking. I am happy so far with what my front cover looks like. I will now be inserting my main front cover image and adjusting certain features and aspects of this page.