The next thing I did was start on my music magazine front cover which I did on photoshop, I entitled it 'EUPHORIA', I called it this because of the exilerating feeling you get when your performing on a big stage. The genre I have chosen is indie/rock. Below is a first draft of my magazine without any cover lines on it. I have chosen to go with a font that appears to be representitive of classic rock/indie rock music such as The Beatles. I have backed this up by use of the image I have chosen; the hair style and clothing of my subject has a very retro feel about it, I have used photoshop to create a partially black and white layer over the top - I think this adds a certain unique quality about my front cover and the black and white mixed with colour is also a representitive of older rock bands from the past when colour photography wasn't quite 'up to scratch'(this ties in with the font type I have used as it relates to the past which is what I was tryng to do with the masthead font). The original image is a colour photo and I have applied a layer over the top to turn it monochrome, I then rubbed out part of that layer to reveal the colour underneath (in his clothing and the guitar), I decided to keep the face monochrome as I feel this gives a sense of mystery as to his personality, but also because it makes the cover stand out as this is not a typically conventional cover image (although the pose of the subject in the photo may have been seen before). I have blurred the background of the image so that the magazine masthead would stand out better, because before it did not stand out against the bright colour and patterns of the guitar behind it, not only this but it also makes the cover appear almost 3D which I think looks appealing and would attract a customers eye when browsing shelves full of magazines. I did find, however, that it was clear and easy to read over the black and white section of the photograph. I have included the date and barcode in the bottom right-hand corner in a vertical position as this took up the least 'useable' space and was less distracting from the image (and the cover lines when used). Also it was more convenient to place it on the right of the page because of the use of the left third when the cover lines had beeb created and applied.