Eloise Clark created a front cover for her music magazine using original photography of her friend. She experimented with different color schemes and layouts to make the cover stand out from other music magazines. In later versions, she moved the image to the right and changed the masthead color to blue. Eloise added headers on the left side and felt the colors worked well together. In the final mock up, she included a price, barcode, and consistent fonts while keeping the headline in a different color and font to draw attention.

1. Front Cover
Eloise Clark

2. This is the start to my music magazine front cover. I used original photography
of my friend and I think that the image is very strong. I’ve put the masthead and
selling line at the top on a black background so that it is more prominent
however I am not sure if I will stay with the red colour theme as it’s a common
feature in music magazines and I want something to stand out from my
magazine to catch the readers eyes.

3. Here I’ve moved the image slightly to the right, I feel that it doesn’t make the
image any less strong and I have also changed the colour of the masthead and
selling line to blue. I did this because I think the blue still fits in with the
magazine type, the words still stand out clearly and I think it could be what
makes the magazine different from others.

4. Here I have started to add in headers on the left third. I have been
experimenting with fonts and colours and seeing what works well with the
picture and the masthead colour. I think that the colours I’ve used to far work
really well on the magazine cover.

5. This is a mock up of the final cover. I am still working with the fonts for the
masthead and the main header but I am satisfied with the colours I have used. I
have also included a price and a barcode to make it seem like a real magazine.

6. In this image you can see that I have added in small details on the magazine such as a
barcode,price and dateline. The font on the left hand is now all similar or the same this is
becausewhen I used several different fonts it looked too busy. However I kept my main
headline in a differentfont and colour so that it really stands out. I think it is effective
becauseit doesn’t clash with the image or the other colours and it catches the readers
attentiontoo. I also changed the mastheads font to a font called “electrical” I downloaded
this from dafonts.com– I like the font used because it is bold and the writing is still easy
enough to see but it also has a slightly distressed style to it and I personally think it fits
well.