Progress So Far (Music Magazine Front Cover) - 25/03/2011

I set myself the objective of adding more puffs and a barcode by the end of todays lessons. Before I started editing the front cover, it looked like this:

But by the end of the 2 hour lesson, my front cover of CORE looked like this:

Firstly, I used the 'Ellipse Tool' to draw a circle, and I then clicked on the 'Set Foreground Colour' button to change the colour to yellow (the colour scheme of my text is green, white, yellow and black). I then used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' to draw a text box, and then type "EXCLUSIVE!" into it - I modified the text so it was in the font Myriad Pro, Bold Condensed Italic, size 90 pt, Strong, alligned to the centre of the text box and black in colour. This "EXCLUSIVE!" text acting as a puff shows how the interview with The Blitz is only goign to be seen in my CORE magazine, and therefore entices readers into wanting to read more about this exclusive interview. Next, I again used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' to draw a text box and type "PLUS! BLINK 182, GREEN DAY, EVANESCENCE AND LINKIN PARK" into it. I then editied this text so it was in the font Myriad Pro, Condensed, size 72pt, Strong and white in colour and alligned to the left of the text box. I wanted the "PLUS!" to stand out and attract the eye of the reader, so I used the 'Rectangle Tool' to draw a yellow rectangle and placed it beneath the text. This text acts as a pug, and gives the reader an insight into what other well-known bands will be discussed in my magazine and entice them into reading the whole magazine. Lastly, I went on ww.google.com and found an image of a barcode. I copied this barcode onto my front cover and placed it in the bottom right-hand corner of the page, and used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' to type the magazine price, "£3.99", into it. I then used the 'Rectangle Tool' again to draw a white rectangle, and placed it below the barcode and underneath the price to make it look as though it's attatched to the barcode.