Cover Line Placement Amendments

This is the original version of my front cover. In the previous

post I mentioned the concerns I had with it, so I used

Photoshop to experiment and fix these problems.

Here I swapped the cover line ‘Living With Peace’ for ‘CDs or Vinyl? You

decide’. I chose to do this firstly because it

separates the similar articles, and secondly

because it fits over the image enough to not look accidental. I also decided to amend the cover line content so that it fits in

better with the rest of the page and doesn’t look out

of place.

Instead of having 3 cover lines on the left hand side

and 2 on the right, I decided to have the

opposite. On the previous version of this design,

there were lots of elements on the left, and not as many on the right,

which made the front cover feel unbalanced. I

wanted to keep it as symmetrical as possible

to make it look professional.

I changed the content and positioning of this

cover line. I decided that ‘Bombay Bicycle Club’

was too long to fit on one line and wouldn’t look

right separated onto two as it would be uneven. I therefore chose to use a different artist, Dan Croll, whose name fits into the

gap that needed filling. As this is a short name, I thought it would look

better with a shorter pull quote and therefore separated it in half.

Finally I slightly adjusted the positioning of the two remaining cover lines to

fit in with the bigger changes made.