I find this cover appealing as It’s a medium close up of the artist’s face with the background blurred, I would like to make my cover in a similar format as I think these covers look the most effective. In addition to this, the colour scheme works well together with the blue and typically NME red. The magazine also uses other artists to cover any space that is on the magazine which is conventional.

I like this cover because it is an action shot of the band performing which is unconventional for a magazine cover, this makes it unique. It is also simplistic in terms of the content on the cover as there's not many ‘other stories’, the cover is clearly focussing on the band.

This cover appeals to me as it is also a medium close up of the artists face, it is very effective due to the bold title and colour scheme and it is conventional to many other music magazines.

This magazine isn’t conventional to NME’s style as the colour scheme of the logo etc is different. However, it works effectively and the main image is a close up of the artist. The magazine is designed to look dated and this works well with the colour scheme and image very well.