first contents page

I started by taking a piece of paper and then crumbling it with my hands. I took a picture of it, and then put it onto Photoshop and enlarged it whilst holding CTRL+T+SHIFT to stop it pixelating. I then changed the saturation so that it was darker than a pure white paper and then added in some cream to the layer by using the brush to make the color that the background is so that it looked older. I then typed 'INSIDE' using the font 'Agency FB'. I then made the color a soft brown by using the eye dropped tool that matches the artists skin, however I then made it slightly darker to make it stand out slightly more. After this, I added an inner shadow to make the text look like it had been carved out. 
I then used a darker brown on a majority of the text except the white words of which stand out to summarise to the reader whats inside. I used the same font to make a link between the title and whats inside and also because I believe that it suits the page and is relatable to the target audience as it is a youthful, bold font and not elegant like you would expect to see in a flower magazine.
To make the white cut out around the main image, I duplicated the background layer, I then used the brush tool to make the layer a pure white. By using the polyagonal tool, I then made jagged lines around the main image so that it looked like the Image is fitted to the cut out. I then deleted the rest of the layer that I didn't use by clicking CTRL+Shift +I to reverse it and then I deleted it.
I then opened the image from my folder and then used the pen tool to cut around the artist so that the curves where defined properly. I then put a drop shadow around the white cut out to define it more and make it look like it was burnt out rather than cropped out.