These are front cover flat plans I am thinking of using for the cover of my magazine. I have taken inspiration from other magazines in my genre and also made some up that look appropriate.

1. Front Cover Flat Plans

2. Masthead
Text Text
Text Text
Picture
Text Text
Text Text

3. Picture behind text
I don’t really like the layout of
this magazine as it looks messy
due to the slanted masthead. I
also don’t like how the text isn’t
symmetrical as it also makes the Text
format look messy. The
masthead would probably end
up covering the artist on the
covers face as well, which Text Text
wouldn’t be good.
Text Text
Text
Picture

4. Picture Picture
Text Picture behind Text
text
The format of this plan looks quite
cramped, which is good, as it works
Masthead
for magazines like Kerrang! But my
magazine is not the same genre as
Kerrang!. Also, The masthead is
placed in an unusual way, but I think
this will mean it will get in the way
of the artist on the covers face.
Text
Artist’s Name
Picture Picture Picture
Text Text Text

5. MASTHEAD
Picture behind text

6. MASTHEAD
Heading Heading
Text Text
Text Text
Heading Picture behind text Heading
E.g: Text Text
ARTIST’S NAME
Artist Quote

7. Publisher Picture Text
MASTHEAD
Picture
E.g:
Barcode
Text related to
picture
Text
Picture
Picture
Text
Picture
Text Text