Hip Hop Music Magazine

1. As you can see what I first decided to do was import my picture from my photography, I believe this was the right picture to choose because it was a mid shot image of myself in clothing that really stood out relating to fashion, and the lighting on it was great so I didn’t need to make any adjustments to it which I was pleased with.

2. Importing another image for the front cover was necessary for the audience attention will be drawn to more than just the main image. The creation of the red rectangles is for most of the text to be imported into. The different sizes definitely show what a different type of style to the front cover. The small plus sign is for extras e.g. “Pictures plus Information” which is what most common hip hop music magazines have nowadays looking back at my research.

3. The text at the top makes the magazine look a lot more detailed, for I have created a number of made up names to fill up space and make it look a lot more official then it is. The Main Header “VISION” is the title of my magazine clearly, as it stands out because of the bold red text, along with the main mid shot picture in front of it which is what many top rated magazines have such as: XXL, The source & The Vibe The main image of the person in a mid shot camera angle (Myself) is P4TRICK, for as you can already notice the main article within the magazine is about mainly P4TRICK.

4. I then began importing major text in with a brief explanation about what he title is about e.g. “DEE – Feels Reborn so the audience have a better understanding of what it’s about. I began writing more text however in different colours from each other, so the major subjects would be in different from one another. Giving the magazine a range of colours, this was something I experimented with which resulted in turning out successful.

5. To attract my target audience I would need a gift or prize that was to be seen in the magazine, so what I decided to do was have a “Young Money Calendar” inside, which much of the audience know of likely increasing their chances of buying the magazine. Instead of the audience looking forward to one interview with P4trick I decided to add a few members so there were multiple interviews with other artists such as “Deviate & Big Man…” so they have a wider understanding of how the artist became successful in their own ways. The list of the other artist displayed: Snoop Dogg, Beyonce & Kanye West are extremely popular artist that the audience are well aware of will be amused by this, for not only will UK artist be presented in the magazine but US. Not a lot of detail is shown but a group of names so this will give the audience more of a temptation to buy the magazine because they want to know what information they can learn or the gossip that’s going on with these artists also.

6. If you look closely at the background you can see transparent faded crowns which give the front cover more of a designer look to it, the crowns also have a relation with the title “Vision” for the magazine is about becoming number 1 and the King which is inspirational, which the mature audience will understand. Placement of the barcode does give the magazine an official look to it.

7. End of “FRONT COVER” Process