At this point it was time to begin adding cover lines. Continuing with the black/red/yellow colour scheme, I added the cover lines for the main story. As this would be the main pull for potential readers, wording, syntax, font and stylisation was very important. I put the text in a black box and used red to highlight the important words to provide emphasis to what's being said. The text and boxes were then tilted and moved using ctrl+T into position.
The rest of the cover lines and a strapline at the bottom of the page were then added to fill the page and create the sense of energy that a rock magazine needs to appeal to it's audience. The rest of the cover lines were created in the same way as the first but the strapline took longer. To create the strapline, I first created the circle for the 'Plus' section. This was done by using the ellipse selection tool and holding shift to create a perfect circle. I then filled the selection with red and added a drop shadow effect to the layer. The bar was created using the rectangular selection tool and filling it. I also used layer effects on the text on the strapline to embolden it further, which includes a black stroke and a slight inner light.
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