This mock up magazine cover uses my first layout idea but with slight alterations. the main image uses a fade effect at the bottom of the image to murge in with the lower half of the page. the title is not very easy to see and this will be one of the things i would change about this magazine cover. There is a splash in the centre of the magazine with two smaller images of ' lost legends' , both images using the circular fade tool which adds the effect of death.

all of the text is either red or white to keep it simple and it also links in with the pictures.