Analysis of front cover:

Stage one:

This is the image I have decided to use for my front cover with the help of opnions from my target audience and my teachers. I found it gave a pop feel and it has enough space for coverlines and the title of the magazine around the artist. I will need to brighten and enlarge the image so it stands out and attracts the target audience. As i previously stated this image is unique and this is a big part of why i selected it, the smile on the models face indicates a friendly artist attracting the audience to the new artist and making them want to read about the new pop sensation. The girlie high fashion outfit is want i intended my target audience's clothing style to be like.







Stage two:

To enlarge the image i made sure i used the chain tool so it did not blur or stretch the photo. This made the artist appear larger and brought her head higher up the page making her eyes the main focus. I then made the image brighter my usinng the enhance button on the toolbar, i selected adjust lighting and then brightness/contrast which allowed me to slide a arrow to how bright or dull i wanted the image to be, as you can see from the previous image i increased the brightness and it has made the artist stand out alot more. Also i have removed the skirting boards, i have done this by using the clone stamp tool as well as the eydropper tool to select the colour above the skirting boards to blend the wall colour right down to the floor. This makes the cover look alot more professional as most magazines wouldn't have a skirting board in their images. I also started to add in the title of the magazine, the main headline and the strapline. I do not like the colour of the main headline as it is very dull and doesnt appeal to my target audience, this will be changed to attract my targer audience's eye.

Stage three:

I wasn't entirely happy with the colour scheme in stage two so i decided to change it to the brighter colour of pink. I prefered this as I think it looked a lot more like pop teen mag, I also moved the strapline to the top of the page above the title which made the appearance of the magazine fit in well with all the elements. I also resized the image for a second time so the artist head could partially cover the title and make it look like a typical music magazine. To put the model's head over the title i had to cut her head out using the lasso tool to create another layer in photoshop. This took alot of time and effort but created the effected I wanted. As the artist hair was not flat i had to work around the strands of hair, therefore i had to use the eraser tool to remove part of the wording of the title which overlaped the artist's head. I used to different shades of pink for the title and coverlines so the audience wouldn't get tierd of seeing the same colour over and over again.

Fourth and final stage:


This is my final front cover, i added in the rest of my coverlines as well as a pug featuring festivals that my target audience would enjoy and could find out if their favourite artists were playing at them. I created my pug using the rectangle tool but changed the shape to a circle like a typical pug. I made the other coverlines smaller so that the main headline about the artist on the cover stood out. I included the magazines website at the bottom of Starstruck so readers can clearly see it and visit the site to find out much more interesting information. I have not included advertisements due to my anserws recieved in my poll. They disliked these and therefore i did not include them and this will attract my audience to the magazine.