Magazine front cover Recreation

This activity has allowed me to develop my skills in Photoshop in accordance to a front cover design. I also now have experience in creating the different conventions of a front cover including a masthead, page number, dominant image, main sell line and sub sell lines. To create the dominant image I chose a picture from Tumblr and also Used dafont.com, I got a range of typography which I thought was relevant and the closest to the original design. I altered the background using the drop tool feature and then added a gradient to make to fade out into a darker shade of blue. This will help in my own production as gradient backgrounds make the page look a lot more professional and less like a Photoshop background. I have also learnt that the background needs to be pretty simple and straight to the point so that it can contrast well with the dominant image which leads the front cover. This activity will help my own construction process as I can adapt these conventions to my own front cover as I have now already had practice at building one.