Finished Front Cover

From the feedback I have received on my front cover I have made a few changes; I have added a white glow around the title of the magazine to help it stand out but to not be too obvious, as before it had a bright Red glow around it and although it went with the colourscheme of the magazine it didn't look right to me and I asked a few other people what they thought who also said they preferred it without the red glow. I have also used a different font for the name 'Jack Arnold' so that it automatically stands out to the reader and will attract fans of his music to the magazine, to the words 'Exclusive interview with Jack Arnold' I have also used the stroke tool to make a black outline around the magazine to show its the main feature and most important that people see it. I have also used the font effects to use the 'emboss' tool on the words in black to make those words look more interesting as otherwise all the other titles would just be in the same font. 

After getting feedback on my 'finished' front cover I knew I needed to change to make it more professional. The main reason I thought it didn't look like a typical front cover for a rock magazine was the background of the front cover. I wanted to make my background more effective like ones I'd seen in  'Metal Hammer' A metal rock magazine. After trying out ideas I went onto filter, texture and selected the craquelure and used a grey colour. I then changed the title of the magazine to a gradient of red and black.

This is my finished front cover, as you can see it is different to how I was originally going to leave it and I feel it looks a lot more like a rock magazine and shows I have tried to put more effort into the making of it. It doesn't look as professional as other rock magazines but overall I am pleased with how it looks.