Music magazine flatplan sketches.

1. Magazine Flatplan
Sketches

2. Design 1
 In this sketch I have tried
to emulate the iconic
serif seen on Metallica’s
logo.
 Not only will it be
immediately recognised
by my target audience
but it will also signify the
genres of music covered
in the magazine.
 By using this design I am
conforming to
conventions of magazines
– as I have a seen a
magazine, called ‘Metal
Hammer’ that uses the
design to some extent:

3. Design 2
 I wanted to do a Flatplan
with just a guitar on my
cover – and this is how it
turned out.
 I think it lacks conformity to
the convention of having a
musician on the front cover.
Having a musical instrument
instead seems a little out of
place. I also feel that having
a box around the masthead
will limit it and that my
target audience may prefer
jagged edges over straight
edges. I think this because a
‘straight edge’ has
connotations of conformity,
which would not be
appreciated by my target
audience.

4. Design 3
 For this Flatplan, I wanted a
literal representation of my
masthead – an actual
scratchguard for a guitar.
 Again, it looks a bit out of
place but it could work.
When I put out a survey to
my target audience, I found
that the majority of my
audience do not play guitar.
As a result of this I thought
it might be useful to have an
image of what a scratchplate
is for those who might now
know.

5. Design 4
 I wanted my contents
page to be simplistic
and concise to people
do not have trouble
trying to decode it (as I
have done while
researching contents
pages)
 Despite this I wanted a
‘stem and leaf’ system
for showing the folios. I
decided not to include
this in my final design –
for simplicity.

6. Design 5
 I wanted my contents
page to be simplistic
and concise to people
do not have trouble
trying to decode it (as I
have done while
researching contents
pages)
 Despite this I wanted a
‘stem and leaf’ system
for showing the folios. I
decided not to include
this in my final design –
for simplicity.