front cover in the making

 This is the starting bases of my magazine front cover. The basic parts are here including the graphics, done by following and editing a tutorial, (in the top left) the yellow tabs for the coverlines, and also the image which has been edited and positioned

 This is a slightly more developed version where ive added in some cover lines and also the raw title.

This is the finished piece. I sued blurring on the face to make it seem air brushed and to make the eyes stand out, This captures the readers attention and draws them in. The positioning of the title on a wonk was created to follow the colour scheme, stand out and also to give a layered messier effect.
Strap lines were added in for advertisement and of the magazine and its content.
I used glow effects on the title to make the letters stand out and i experimented with tools to highlight this by adding in drop shadows to the text.
I created a bar code on paint which details the issue of the magazine and the price. I feel that the over all piece was fairly successful.