This is the final design for my music magazine. I decided to reduce the size of the main image as the model was taking up too much room and I was not left with very much room to add important information such as the cover lines, issue number and date.
Now, with the extra space, I could add more stories about other celebrities which would help me in the future with creating my contents page as it would give me more to include and more to write about!
Previously, the background was not blue, it was a plain cream colour. That bland colour was quite boring and although it supplied many possible colour schemes that I could work with, it didn't stand out enough. By changing it to blue it gives the magazine more of an edge than before. I can now also continue the blue theme throughout the magazine, for example in the contents page; the blue colours give me a basis to work with.
I think this photo is more suitable for my music magazine. The reason for this is that it includes a musical instrument, the guitar, which connotes the fact that this is a music magazine and the model also has eye contact with the audience. By maintaining eye contact with the readers, a connection is formed which would hopefully make them more willing to purchase the magazine.
There is still a problem with the font that I have used for the masthead. It is still far too curly. To make my masthead stand out, I need a stronger, more solid font. The grey colours I have used for the cover lines are too weak. I need to make them bolder so that they stand out for the reader. The grey colour is too dull and doesn't catch the audiences eye.
A main issue that I have found with this design for a front cover is that the model is not looking at the camera. If he were to be looking at the camera, a possible connection could have been formed with the reader.
