Front Cover Draft 03

This is my front cover so far

I am very pleased with how I adapted conventions to appeal to my target audience (such as the use of the colour scheme of red black and white).

Also, the model being on the right, yet still cover part of the masthead, follows convention and allows for a better magazine layout.

I have included ideology information near the bar code (the website of the magazine).

There is also a special offer of Free Badges, which would appeal to my target audience, as small badges are somewhat of a fashion statement.

I am very pleased with how this turned out and will discuss it in further detail in the evaluation.

After reviewing the front cover, it seems evident that there are several changes I will have to make to it:

• I will remove the shadow from the photograph, to give the magazine a more professional and less 'cheap' feel to it

• I will change the fonts in the small advertisement for free badges, and in the footer, so that they fit in more with the image of my magazine

• I will put a shadow effect on the badge to make it look more aesthetically pleasing (which will hopefully be the outcome when coupled with the change in font)

• I will change the background colour, as the current background is slightly discoloured and lacks the professional feel I wish my magazine to have. Photographically, it also has quite a bit of 'noise' on the background, which gives the magazine a cheap look, which I wish to get rid of

• I also will change the colours on the 'Blue Dawn' cover line so that it stands out more. I will probably change it to a colour which, while breaking the red/white/black convention, keeps up the bands image and also stands out on the page