Creating a Music Magazine, Part Two.

I wasn't very happy with my first magazine front cover so I decided to re-open the file and tweak several features and make general improvements.

First magazine cover.

I felt that the fur ruff of her hood wasn't neatly defined, I revisited the hood and used a smudge tool to create more of a natural flow of the fur. I had her name advertised in the badge but it felt too small, her name was being over shadowed by the names in the coverlines which didn't work. I changed the coverlines so that they were smaller and then shifted the badge up slightly and put her name across her image, using a multiply effect so that it overlaps but doesn't completely cover her coat. Once I had changed font sizes and shifted several features round I added more vines and lowered the shade of pink.

The Completed Cover: (with edits)

CD Cover:

As an extra in preparation of the double page spread I have created a mock CD album cover to feature in the article with her. I looked over my photographs and picked one which doesn't reveal too much of her, this is due to if she was a famous celebrity her name would be enough to sell her products.

The Chosen Photo:

I cropped the image down and then began editing the image, I grabbed an image of the night time stars and laid it over the sky, changing the effect so that they were very subtle, yet added that mysterious feel to the front cover. I asked Lucy what she would call her CD and she replied with 'That's a difficult question' so it stuck, I literately used that as the name of her CD cover.

The Finished Cover: