- The magazine title "Renegade" was chosen because it describes many hip-hop artists as outlaws or rebels, and the author liked the bold impact of the name. - The magazine cover and layout take inspiration from magazines like Complex and XXL, combining aspects like a close-up image with a colored filter and noise overlaid. - The contents page is inspired by Vibe magazine's single-column layout with fading lighting on the main image to look more professional. Information is displayed compactly like in Complex. - The double-page feature spread takes inspiration from Q magazine's large opening letter behind text and a close-up artist image on the left, aiming for an attractive and professional

1. In whatwaysdoesyour mediaproductuse,developorchallenge formsandconventionsof real
mediaproducts?(I.e.of musicmagazines)
My magazines title is ‘Renegade’. The title that I have chosen for my magazine is the word
'Renegade'.The decisionof thistitlewasmyfirstinitial ideawhichafterattempting to think of more
choicesall fell short in comparison, such as 'RUN' and 'III'. These titles simply did not have the bold
impact I wanted and also they did not sound as good when said. The definition that struck me for
Renegade –An outlawora rebel. Thisdefinitionsuitsthe personalityof manyHip-Hopartists. AlsoI
simplythinkthe word 'Renegade' is sound amazing and therefore a good title. Ironically, there is a
track by well-known Hip-Hop Artists Jay-Z and Eminem entitled 'Renegade' also which applied
further emphasis and influence on my choice of title.
Whenresearchingvariouship-hopmagazines, Ifoundthatthere wasnomagazine in particular that I
wanted to implement a majority. Instead, I looked over various parts of magazines I liked, wrote
them specifics down and saved the cover for future reference. I took the ideas and mixed them
togethertodevelopthe conventionsof thesereal magazines. For my cover I used aspects from two
issues of XXL and a Complex issue. Complex Magazine remained on of my main influences when
making the magazine and my cover was heavily inspired by the simplicity of their cover pages.
Above the mastheadIhave included the name of the magazine founder, which in Renegade’s case
would be me. This feature is only really used by Complex magazine; however I felt that it was a
feature that would look good for Renegade magazine to add an aesthetic touch.

2. In whatwaysdoesyour mediaproductuse,developorchallenge formsandconventionsof real
mediaproducts?(I.e.of musicmagazines)
Anotherconvention of my cover that was inspired by Complex magazine was my choice to include
no other features. This choice was made for a number of reasons. Firstly, I wanted to support my
initial pitchof havingasimplisticstyle.Additionally,havingno other features surrounding the cover
artist emphasised the attention on Joel Roberts. Professionalism was another reason for not
including any other features. When attempting to add them on my cover, it looked very crowded
and cluttered and therefore I decide against it, continuing with my initial vision.

3. In whatwaysdoesyour mediaproductuse,developorchallenge formsandconventionsof real
mediaproducts?(I.e.of musicmagazines)
Furtherinspirations thatwere developed into my design include ones from two separate issues of
XXL magazine. One of the first magazines that I saw when I began research on the magazine was a
XXL issue featuring Hip-Hop star Kendrick Lamar. The shot involves a close up of the rapper with a
neutral face. This was one that I thought could work well with the type of magazine I wanted to
create,therefore Iusedthisshotasmy inspiration and challenge the shot on my final design.. The
secondXXLcover that I usedforinspirationwasone featuringFuture.Afterfinishing my draft I went
lookingformore ideasfromreal magazinesthatIcoulddevelopfor myownmagazine.WhenIfound
the Future cover liked the idea of having a coloured filter over my image. Therefore I coloured it a
shade of blue. This colour was used to represent the personality of my artist. Additionally, on all
pages of my magazine I added noise to my images. This created an effect that is on several other
coversas well aship-hopalbumcovers and the use of noise is generally associated with the genre.
I used a number of fonts for my magazine including ‘REVOLUTION’ which I downloaded from
dafont.com to use for my Masthead. This font was chosen for the fact that it was bold and clear to
attract reader’sattention.Thiswasneededespeciallydue tothe fact that a portion of the masthead
was hiddenbymyartist’simage – whichwasdone as a way to representamagazine with popularity
and influence. This font was also chosen to have the same powerful impact as many other
magazines have.
For the coverline I decidedonusingadifferentfont(AgencyFB) which wasusedforall othertext on
my cover page. This font was used after deciding to have a similar style to Complex in where the
cover line is small and out of the way of the image. I liked the idea of this a decided to implement
this for my own magazine.

4. In whatwaysdoesyour mediaproductuse,developorchallenge formsandconventionsof real
mediaproducts?(I.e.of musicmagazines)
For my contents,ItookinspirationfromVIBEmagazine’slayoutwhich involves asingle columnfilled
withfeaturesof the issue and developed the layout to give the page an attractive and informative
page – evenwiththe minimalisticlook it has. When creating my contents, I wanted my main image
to fade in its lighting from dark to light to provide a more appealing and professional look like the
image of EminemforVIBE’scontentsdid. AlsoIlikedthe ideaof showingthe magazine’s identity on
the page ina more presentable waylike Vibe had, therefore a Provided the magazine name, issue,
twitteraccountand website information on the top left. This provides readers with a large amount
of information all in a small, compact and appealing way.
When researching for my magazine it was clear that I wanted a simplistic design and after viewing
many different double-page spreads I was focused on producing a double page spread that
resembled a similar layout to magazines like these:

5. In whatwaysdoesyour mediaproductuse,developorchallenge formsandconventionsof real
mediaproducts?(I.e.of musicmagazines)
My final double-page spread design took a large amount of inspiration from Q magazine’s layout
(Jay-Zarticle). Iespeciallylikedthe large ‘J’ that is set behind the text as I felt that it gave the page
more personality as well as make it look far more aesthetically pleasing. Additionally, my double
page spreadincludesthe use of a large close upimage of my artist onthe leftside of the page.When
researchingmostmagazineswiththisdesignfeltmore attractive andprofessional than others I saw.
A single drop cap was used at the start of my article. This is typically done in many magazines
includingthe Wiz Khalifa Vibe double page spread. From these magazines I used and developed a
number of aspects that both of these magazines included.