The document discusses changes made to the design of a music magazine front cover. It describes adjustments to colors, layouts, and elements like the masthead, skyline, images, and text in order to improve readability, tie the various elements together visually, and achieve a unique indie aesthetic. Key colors used are red, white, black, and small amounts of yellow. The document explains the reasoning behind each design decision in creating a cohesive and appealing magazine cover design.

1. Front Cover Changes

3. Masthead – The reasoning behind the
colour change of the font is due to the main
image. From the previous slide you can see
that due to the fact my main image is in a
black and white effect some of the title isn’t
visible due to the bright white at the top of the
image. I have chosen the colour red as it
produces a much bigger impact for the title,
as it was clear to read against the black and
white background, unlike the white title which
I had planned on doing.
Skyline Colour - Although I had now confirmed
the colour of the title of my music magazine, the
general look of the magazine did not appeal to me.
I felt that the blue colour worked well with the red,
but due to the fact that I had edited my main image
into black and white, it was that which now made
the blue not as effective as I thought it would have
been. Due to this issue I removed the blue from the
magazine and inserted more red to see if that
worked better. This involvement of red then
complimented the red title a lot better than my other
colour of blue did, however the way it was laid out
didn't have that rough indie unique feel I was
aiming for.
Design Feature - Although I had now found the colour
scheme I wanted to use, there was yet to be an indie feel to
the magazine as of yet. Although this change isn't a major
one I think it gives the magazine a more unique edge to it
compared to what the top of the magazine looked like with
just a red block going across it.

5. Skyline Text Colour - The reasoning
behind the colour white for my text colour
is due to the fact that I have already used
it with my design feature. As white jagged
line complimented the red skyline, I
believed so would some white text for the
skyline splashes.
Splash Colour - Although at the
start of designing my magazine I
said that my three colours would
be a navy blue, a red and white I
began to realise these 3 colours
wouldn’t give me the appeal I
needed for a magazine front
cover. As you can see I have
replaced the navy blue colour
with a bright yellow. I know this
goes against my belief of bright
colours for an indie magazine but
without the yellow the splashes
within the skyline would not
appeal and stand out to the
readers like it is supposed to be.
By including the yellow lighting
bolts it draws the attention of the
audience to the skyline splashes,
which is wanted as these splashes
give the readers a slight preview
of what is within my magazine
which could attract them to
purchase it.
Sell Line Colour – My sell line colour
was going to be the navy blue that I have
previously mentioned. However due to
the colour of my text and other colours
elsewhere I now realised that the navy
blue would not suit this new colour
scheme. I was going to have the sell line
the same colour as the skyline, but due to
the fact that the sell line is meant to sell
the magazine I thought a change of
colour will make it stand out more than
using the same colour as the skyline.

7. Anchorage Text - I tried a couple of
different colours before sticking with
the red I used for my masthead. The
two colours I used were white and the
yellow that was used for the lighting
bolts within the skyline. The colour
white worked well when it was sitting
on top of the black parts of the main
image. However some of the text lies
on top of the colour white, therefore
meaning that the anchorage text
wasn’t completely visible. As much as I
wanted the anchorage text to stand
out and attract the attention of the
reader when using the colour yellow it
stood out too much in my opinion as it
was too bright. This then took away
the attention from features such as
the masthead and the skyline. I
decided to stick with the red as it went
with the feel of the magazine.
However to make sure it wasn’t too
similar to my masthead I have inserted
to white lines underneath each word
to make it different and unique from
the masthead.
Lure – I have included this due to the
fact that the left hand side of my
front cover was very bland as it had
no text or information.
Bar Code - I have inserted
the bar code into this part
of my magazine as it bodes
well with the background
colour of the sell line.
Sell Line Images – I have
included these three images so
that the audience have a sneak
peek of what will be included
within the magazine . I have added
a yellow border around each photo
so that there is some match
between the skyline and sell line,
so that they match the magazines
colour scheme.
Sell Line Text - The colour choice of the text is for the same reason
as the border of the images. By including the red it then links to my
magazine colour scheme. However the whole sell line is different to
the skyline offering a unique and different look between the two.

9. Anchorage Text Sub-Heading - On
the previous image of my front cover
magazine this text was here however it
was simply just a line of red writing. I
wanted to make it stand out more so to
start with inserted a rectangular white
block to lay in behind the text. Although
the colour white complimented the text
well it didn’t stand out enough due to
the white blocks underlining the text
above it. Due to this I decided to use the
pencil tool I create my own kind of
rough scribble behind the text and as
you can see it has worked well. It has
given it that edgy unique look that I am
aiming for.
Lure – I decided to change my lure
for several reasons. For example
the colour. The yellow I am using
through out my magazine is only
used in small doses, whereas as
you can see that previously the
colour of the lure was mainly
yellow. Due to the brightness of
this colour I thought it would steer
the audience away from the other
more important features such as
the masthead, skyline, sell line and
anchorage text. So for this reason I
decided to change the main colour
of the circle to red. However this
also didn’t look correct as on that
front cover there are no other
shapes like that, making the lure to
stand out a lot, not like I wished.
So as you can see I then decided to
create the rectangular separate
text boxes going from longest to
shortest, and used the colours
from my colour scheme. I kept the
yellow as the colour used the least
as it’s a nice touch as it slightly
stands out so the audience know it
is there, but not so much that it
drags all the attention towards it.
Sell Line Image Change – The image I had here previously I realised work a
lot better within my contents page due to the colour, brightness and effects of
the other images. I decided to insert this image to the sell line as the colours
within the image bode well with the other two images making it not look out of
place, but also complimenting the sell line pictures.
Price - I have priced my magazine at £4.99 as it includes a
months worth of information, meaning there is a lot more
content compared to a weekly magazine edition. I have put it
in black as it then matches the bar code which is also black
and works well with the white sell line background colour.