Front cover

I have been working on the front cover for my magazine and this is where I have got to; I have printscreened certain things I did and uploaded them also to show how I altered my front cover to make it look better.

This is towards the start of my creation. I simply put in the masthead and altered its size so it covers nearly all of the page at the top. I then place my star over it suggesting she is newer than the magazine itself. However I was not completely happy with the image as I thought it wasn't as perfectly blemished or noticeable as other stars are in my earlier research.

To change this I wanted to make her skin look smother, her cheekbones more outlined and her lips more red to match the masthead, as I am comfortable with the app I have on my iphone I used that to make her skin look more smooth...

For the cheeks and lips I used the paintbrush on paint.net...

 

 As you can see I have drew dark and light lines on the lining of the cheekbones so they stand out more and I have painte the lips more red and put white lining on there for the 3D effect almost as though light it shining off them.
I then added the writing on the front of my magazine, I was searching for a plain font but also one that could slightly match my masthead otherwise I felt it would look odd, I searched for fonts and found this one

I liked this font when I saw it as it slightly matched my masthead font, as it is slightly square but also has curves in it. I tried this out on my front cover and liked it so I used it.

This is where I am at with my front cover so far...