Front CoverEloise Clark

This is the start to my music magazine front cover. I used original photography of my friend and I think that the image is very strong. I’ve put the masthead and selling line at the top on a black background so that it is more prominent however I am not sure if I will stay with the red colour theme as it’s a common feature in music magazines and I want something to stand out from my magazine to catch the readers eyes.

Here I’ve moved the image slightly to the right, I feel that it doesn’t make the image any less strong and I have also changed the colour of the masthead and selling line to blue. I did this because I think the blue still fits in with the magazine type, the words still stand out clearly and I think it could be what makes the magazine different from others.

Here I have started to add in headers on the left third. I have been experimenting with fonts and colours and seeing what works well with the picture and the masthead colour. I think that the colours I’ve used to far work really well on the magazine cover.

This is a mock up of the final cover. I am still working with the fonts for the masthead and the main header but I am satisfied with the colours I have used. I have also included a price and a barcode to make it seem like a real magazine.

In this image you can see that I have added in small details on the magazine such as a barcode, price and dateline. The font on the left hand is now all similar or the same this is because when I used several different fonts it looked too busy. However I kept my main headline in a different font and colour so that it really stands out. I think it is effective because it doesn’t clash with the image or the other colours and it catches the readers attention too. I also changed the mastheads font to a font called “electrical” I downloaded this from dafonts.com – I like the font used because it is bold and the writing is still easy enough to see but it also has a slightly distressed style to it and I personally think it fits well.