The document summarizes changes made to a magazine cover design. The masthead was made larger to draw more attention and look more professional. Cover lines and other elements were rearranged to fit the new larger masthead and prevent the page from looking too text-heavy. The barcode was changed to include a smaller price tag for a cleaner, more professional look.

1. OLD VERSION FIRST DRAFT

2. CHANGESThe first change made to my front
cover was the masthead. I decided
to make a larger masthead as the
old one looked unprofessional and
didn’t draw attention to itself and
would therefore be drowned on a
shelf surrounding other magazines. I
kept the original F font, American
Purpose, and the red colour in order
to keep with my house style. In
order to make my masthead bigger I
had to get rid of the puff, after
making the masthead I realised I
had no space left to replace my puff
thus I had to leave it out. I then
rearranged my sell lines in order to
even the page out and prevent it
from looking text heavy. Finally I
changed the barcode along the
bottom to include a smaller price tag
helping it look more professional.

3. OLD V. NEW
In order to add the new masthead I had to drop the image as shown, to make sure the models
face wasn’t covered. The page top of the page now looks a lot more professional and the
masthead is the largest font on the page following typical magazine conventions.
After placing my masthead I realised that in order to not cover the models face again but also to
make the page look tidier I needed to rearrange the cover lines. After realising I couldn’t fit a
puff on the page so I decided to add the puff amongst the cover lines in order to not lose
audience’s enticement to the magazine.

4. OLD V. NEW
I then changed the look of the bottom half of the page. I realised the featuring banner was too
prominent on the page and would be something readers would only look at if interested in the
magazine thus I made it smaller to fit more bigger sell-lines/cover-lines above. I then changed
the barcode in order to make it look more professional. The bold price tag stops the barcode
from looking professional therefore I changed this to a smaller price tag with an issue date and
number for that further professional appeal.
Finally, I decided to place more emphasis on the pun for my main cover line. I decided to make
the word ‘sweet’ larger and white to stand out amongst the black text as it related to the main
image. This not only helps make the page look more professional an also gives the cover line
more dimension and make it stand out better amongst the other blocks of text on the page
which is important for a cover line.