This is my finished preliminary task cover. For this i duplicated the image, converted it to black and white and erased the parts I wanted in colour. I then made sure I used the Marlwood logo and made the colour of the font a similar colour to the one on the logo. I based the school magazine on Sixth Form students at Marlwood school and included things that we actually do and need on the cover, things like parents evenings, revison guides ect. By doing this I think I made the magazine look more official because students will actually be able to relate to it. I only used 1 font as I didn't want to over complicate it. I have managed to fit a lot of information on the cover to show what would be included but I made sure I didn't over do it and make it look cluttered. I used the actually Marlwood link under the title so anyone who saw this would be able to look up the school. I'm really pleased with how this turned out as I think it could pass for an official school magazine. The colours from the background and the font work well together and I haven't used any over the top bright colours. I could of spent a bit more time creating the cover, I could of taken more care when erasing the parts i wanted in colour because you can see part of blue around her hair from not being too careful. If I used this technique in my music magazine cover I would make sure I take my time to make sure its neater. All editing was done on photoshop.