When creating my preliminary front cover I had very little idea on how to use photoshop. As I rarely ever looked at magazines, I had little idea on how they looked, and so had the most basic generalisations. For example, I made my title the largest text, and included a barcode in the bottom corner. However, although I used a shade of aquamarine that matched the highlight colour Winstanley often used to link the two, I had little knowledge on how colour is usually used in magazine's, and so overused it. I also had no planning for my model or their outfit, and so it didn't really match my colour scheme or make sense in the context.

If I were to do it again, I would include much more text and many more of the common themes within magazines. Although it would not have the normal look of a music magazine, I believe there would have been much I could have mimicked to make my front cover look more professional.