Front cover

This was my first idea for the front cover, it is the same kind of title as 'Q' magazine.

 This is the other idea for a front cover which I preferred but move the title behind the main picture.

 I moved the picture in front of the magazines title and added a bar code, date and price. I much prefer the title behind the picture.

 I decided to move the bar code down to the bottom as it's not the main focus. I also added a website address.

I then moved the title of the magazine down a little to make room for another convention to be added which I haven't decided on yet.



This is an even further progressed design with a banner headline and some strap lines at the top of the page.

Here I have added a strap line, a tag line and made a plus sign using the rectangle tool on photoshop and added font I created on http://www.dafont.com/. I'm very happy with this but want to tweak it a little to make it better.

This is an even further progressed draft with a quote and a cover line on an interview. I also added two cover lines in the 'PLUS' section with the main parts highlighted yellow to attract the reader to the cover line. I also changed the font style on photoshop of the main headline because I thought it suited the page better.

In this copy I have added a free gift which can be found inside the magazine to entice this issue to sell even more copies. If a free gift is included this further enhances the idea that the magazine is value for money.

This is the same as the one above but with amended spellings.

In this edit I smudged the edges of the title to give it a more rounded look and more finished off. I did this using photoshop tools like blur and smudge.

This final draft has the word 'CD' added to the puff becasue it make more sense when reading it. I also got rid of the white speckles around the 'PLUS' section by smudging them on photoshop. I have also amended a speeling error I hadn't previously notcied which was the incorrect spellign of 'Gerrard' which should be 'Gerard' this was an obvious change I had to make because the reader cannot relate to the featured artist if they aren't given the correct name. The only other change was that I added my slogan which I had previouosly forgot to include. This was pointed out after showing friends and family my front cover. I changed this due to feedback recieved to add more required conventions to my magazine front cover. The 'FREE' section also has a changed font style and colour which is all in bold to add emphasis to the gift inside.

This improved final draft has a all white cover line from Gerard Mcourt with a white exclamation mark which I had not noticed was pinkuntil I had printed it.