Magazine Cover Progress

 After completing the masthead, I created a slogan to go with it, positioned above the masthead, "the ultimate in metal news and reviews"

 After that, I moved to the bottom of the cover and put the coverlines and puff in place, this gave a rough outline of the boundaries of the cover.

 Next, I decided the slogan at the top would look more prominent on a black background. Then I put the splash on the cover to get a rough idea of how large it needed to be. I also added the bar-code in, and moved it from the top of the cover to much further down, similar to "Metal Hammer".

 I decided the splash was much too small, so I made it larger. I also moved it further down as the two covers I researched had their splash on the lower 50% of the cover.

I added in a small price tag on the cover so it is easy to quickly see the price of the magazine. I think this is necessary because the price is cheap. I got this idea from "Heavy" magazine, one of the covers I researched. I also removed the space for the publisher logo, as this is not necessary

After adding my picture, I realised the current layout did not look right. I removed the large price tag and moved my puff to where it was. This made room for my cover lines to spread across the bottom. I'm much more happy with this layout as it seems less cluttered and more like to covers I researched.

I then added a background to my cover lines, as I thought they looked too much like they were floating in mid air. The background integrates them much more comfortably with the rest of the cover because they have their own space. I used this idea because one cover I researched, "Heavy", uses this for its cover lines.

I made a few small final adjustments such as moving the barcode and centring the background of the cover-lines. I am now finished with my front cover.