Adding the last few things.

Adding a few last bits such as the image of kurt in the top right corner, and adding the last bits of text in the boxes at the top of the magazine etc. 

Editing my photo.

Here I am changing Sam's jacket to a similar colour to the original one, i did this by firstly going around the outline of his jacket using the pen tool, once i went around the whole thing, I right clicked and chose the option of paths, filled it with the colour I wanted then changed the blending modes to multiply so I could still see the jacket but also so the colour still stood out. I then did the same for his tshirt, changing it from blue to white.

Adding the writing to complete the coverlines.

When doing my writing i firstly found the correct typeface which was identical to the original coverline font, i then did the writing once and added it to character styles so when doing the writing again instead of going through the whole process more than once, i could just click the character style and it does it automatically which saves time.

Adding my graphics.

When making the boxes, instead of making them separately each time i just did the first box and added it to object styles, i did this for both colours. This made it easier so when i drew out a box, i could just go to object styles and click either the yellow or red, and it would automatically come up.

Adding guides.

I have placed so that I can align the type so that it is in the same place as it is on the original magazine cover. Also you can see on the toolbar i am on 'Character' this helped me changed the typeface how i wanted it to be to try and get it as aligned as possible. I used it to make the font taller or shorter, and also the use of kerning when needed. 

Screenshots of the first two processes i went through.

The first thing i did when starting my copy of the magazine was look for the typeface which was identical, or as similar as i could get it to the NME title. I used a document called 'FontDoc' in which i had downloaded, i typed in 'NME' and scrolled through the difference typefaces till i found the one in which i was happy with. I also did this for 'Bombay bicycle Club' and luckily found two very similar type faces for both of them.