This document summarizes the steps taken to design the front cover of a magazine. The designer cropped an image to fit the page, chose a font and colors suited for a hip hop audience. A barcode was added to the bottom right corner as is conventional. A slogan and cover line were added to draw attention. Teasers and information about the teasers were included to provide more context and appeal to the intended audience. Text was formatted in all caps or small caps to look professional and bold, increasing the chance of attracting readers.

1. This is my blank document before I started.
And this is when the image has been finished being cropped and fitted to the page.

2. I then decided on the font I was going to use, the colour and background and then inserted the
masthead that I wanted. This is because of the audience my magazine is designed for; I think it will
suit the hip hop audience.
I then put on a barcode because every legitimate magazine has one. I put it in the bottom right
corner because that is the general convention of where you put the barcode, on hip hop magazines.

3. I then put my slogan underneath the title, after deciding on a colour I wanted to use for the rest of
my magazine. I chose this colour because I could use on both light and dark backgrounds, and is
again a good colour for a hip hop audience.
I then wrote the cover line. I put the cover line there because it takes up all the free space that isn’t
over the hip hop artists. This will draw attention the cover line and the artists.

4. I then put the teasers in. Although I wanted to leave the artists with no writing over them, there
were no other places to put the words, and I think that having some teasers and some puff is more
important. The artist’s faces are still clear and one is completely clear, and there is more content
that will pull in the reader.
I then finished off the front cover by putting “Flash’s” about the teasers. This is because from
audience research I know that audiences want to know more before they buy a product, so giving
them more information that will apply to them will pull them in more, especially when there are
buzz words included.

5. I then decided to make all of the cover lines, teasers and flash’s either ‘All Caps’ or ‘Small Caps’
depending on the nature of the text. This made it more professional looking and making it bolder,
making it more likely to pull readers in.