Improvements on front cover

1. Improvements on front cover
Rachael Lau 12.3

2. The first change I have made
to my post magazine was
adding a gradient on the
background. This decision was
made on a feedback I had
received from my target
audience, by changing the
background I was able to keep
my house style consistent as
all my other pages have a
gradient as their background.

3. • The second change I had made was altering the location of the issue number and
date of release. I moved them closer to the barcode because from looking back at
music magazines, they would usually be seen together. I had also re-sized my
barcode because it was too large, which made my magazine seem unrealistic.
• Also I had changed the font of my kicker, the new font is more suitable because it
is more bold which helps to attracted the readers attention to my magazine.
Initial improvements

4. Further improvements
After studying the design of a K pop magazine front
cover I noticed that their masthead took up a lot
more space than I did in my initial design therefore I
stretched the masthead and added a stroke so that
when the readers look at my magazine from afar
they would still be able to recognise my magazine.
Another change I made was adding a banner to the
K pop band name “SHINee”. This was inspired by the
K pop cover I had researched, I decided to use a
similar design because it has proved to be successful
as an existing K pop magazine uses this kind of
design and layout.
I have changed location of skyline, because it was
more suitable for it to be on top of the masthead. By
adding a skyline, it can help attract my target
audience into reading my magazine.

5. Further improvements
After reflecting on my own magazine and the ones that I
had researched I noticed that my magazine didn’t
resemble real ones because my magazine layout was not
suitable and that there were nothing to attract the
audience’s attention because all my font sizes were too
similar. Also the colour of certain text were difficult to
read.
Therefore, the changes I have made to my magazine were
changing my font from “Arial” to “Minion Pro”. I decided to
alter the font because it was too dull to look at and lacked
a variety of font types which limited my design. The new
font choice allowed my magazine to resemble the K pop
magazine that I had researched and inspired my design the
best. Further more, I resized my strap lines and added
different font types such as “italics” and “bold” in a certain
places to attract the audience’s attention and make my
magazine look more interesting. By adding a puff, I was
able to enhance my design and layout of the page which
helped to engage the reader, also I made the puff similar to
the K pop magazine I have research because this type of
layout proved to be successful on the market.
From the feedback I have received from my target
audience they have said that the list of songs on the right
hand side was hard to read. As a result, I changed the
colour to white so that it would contrast with the
background allowing it to be readable from far and got rid
of the numbering as it was unnecessary and made my
magazine unprofessional.

6. Further improvements
In order to make my magazine more
professional I refined the edges of my
image on ‘Photoshop’ using a “blend
tool,” so that it would not look
pixelated. In the new version on the
right it is more smooth and of higher
quality which helps to make my
magazine more effective.
Plus, I corrected my use of capitals
and check my spelling and grammar
to ensure that my magazine is
accurate. These little mistakes could
affect my magazine greatly because
they would stand out to the readers
therefore using spell check would
minimize this problem and allow my
magazine to be more successful.