Bass Magazine

This is the final draft of the music magazine front cover. Below are step by step guides on how it was created.

Open up software: Photoshop. Open up a new blank A4 size document

Using final draft as a basic guideline, filled the blank document BLACK using the bucket fill tool

Created top and bottom banner using the shape tool: rectangle. Bottom banner slightly bigger than top. Filled the top banner BLUE and used the layer style BLUE NEON to create desirable effect. Filled the bottom banner PURPLE and made slightly transparent. Used layer style NEON PURPLE to create desired effect.

Using the text tool and font ARIAL ROUNDED MT BOLD Created the title BASS and a smaller title with the same font. MAGAZINE Re-sized and arranged so the BASS overlaps the top banner and the MAGAZINE lays under the title BASS.

Coloured the BASS purple then created a copy and used layer style NEON PURPLE to create desired effect. Arranged the copied text to overlap the original.
Using the same technique for of the MAGAZINE, created sub heading on the left-hand side of the magazine cover, three in total, the middle one being blue.
- All sub-headings were re-sized as desired

Created main headline story using font BANK GOTHIC. Re-sized as desired and centred in the middle of the magazine front cover. Used colours yellow and layer style NEON GREEN.

Using the edited photo of the model and supporting image saved to a separate Photoshop document, I opened up document and dragged it into the magazine front cover. Re-sized and arranged as desired.

Using the text font BANK GOTHIC Created a list of music artists and bands that were included in the magazine. Arranged and dragged in into the transparent purple box near the bottom of the magazine.