Current Progress Three

Continuing with the front cover I have played with the circle shape, I have repeatedly changed the fill and opacity of it as the text didn't look as clear, and the circle didn't stand out from the background. I have applied the gradient overlay but made it more transparent. I believe this is unique as other magazines use solid colours for shapes used on the cover. I also moved the text layer above the circle layer, therefore the text layer goes over the circle which makes it look more bold.

I then changed the angle of the headline text "I am the ed-master", I made the text straight as it fills the bottom half of the page and can be clearly read. Making the text straight also allowed me to insert one more cover line about "V festival line up announced", I had to fill the area of the bottom left as it looked bare and I believe the information on a festival is relevant to a music magazine.

I also used the clone tool to remove the reflection in the sun glasses, as the reflection showed me taking the photo, so I cloned the black area of the glasses and replaced the reflection with black.