Step-by-Step Front Cover Process

To start my front cover, I began with this photo:

This would be my main image/background to the front cover.

I then cropped the photo slightly to a more appropriate size of A4, cut round the outline of him and added a more prominent shadow, like so..

After this I added the title and the main cover line:




















Obviously I chose to have the title at the top, and I chose to have the main cover line across the shoulders of the image as this was quite a central part of the page and would be quite eye-catching. Also I chose to make it the name of the person in the image and a snappy part to follow, in this case Shaun Bruce: Golfing Superstar, this seemed to be a common feature when I researched magazines.

Next, I added a smaller picture into the bottom left corner, also with some shapes behind it to give effect, and some more cover lines to go with it.

Lastly I added a date and issue number in the bottom right corner, small and close to insignificance.