Final Magazine Cover!!!

This is it, my magazine cover! overall i really like it, when i first started i was unsure as to what it would turn out like as i was struggeling to learn photoshop again, but somehow i managed to produce this. I am really happy with the way the image has turned out, i wanted the image to really stand out which it does, this should attract the readers attention straight away. For the title i used a font i downloaded off dafont which i made sure i could fill in with colour as in my preliminary task the font that i used wouldn't allow me to fill. The colour blue also works well against the redness of my artist's hair which i think makes it stand out. As the background is the image part of it was dark which made it difficult for colours to stand out so for the title i had to put a white outline on the title, however i think this has worked really well and makes the title look bright and bold. For the leading caption i wanted the artist's name to be the main attraction as the magazines aim is to introduce new artist's who are breaking out into the industry, with a smaller caption underneath, in this case "ready to break the silence" is my smaller caption. This reflects the image as the image shows the artist with a vinyl over her mouth stopping her from breaking the silence. I chose to use red and white colours for the leading caption as these were the two that best stood out on the background, they are also present in the costume that the artist is wearing which makes the page look more subtle. Around the main image are other smaller captions to keep the reader engaged into the cover encouraging them to buy the magazine, the captions include stories about other artists including "new" ones and the famous Paolo Nutini and The Kooks which should again attract the readers attention as these are well known names. I have included a strapline at the bottom of the page which provides additonal information as to what can be found inside the magazine, this adds to the page as it doesn't make it look bare, i have decreased the oppasity of the strapline slightly to make it seem bold however if you look closely you can still see the the background image behind it, I used white font as white contrasts black which makes it stand out. I also added a barcode, date and price to finish off the look.