The document provides inspiration for designing a rock and R&B music magazine, including examples of covers, layouts, fonts, and images that establish an edgy aesthetic. Examples that inspire the designer include covers with limited color palettes that make images stand out, photos showing musicians holding instruments or with "tough" expressions, and layouts incorporating large central letters or images of the featured artist. The goal is to create a magazine that represents the genres through a unique yet straightforward visual style.

2. These hands signs are normally
what typical “rock stars” do, and
these signs represent rock.
This picture shows a
potential pose, and the
make-up & style represents
the look I want to go for.
The prop in this picture
(guitar) may also be the
type of props I would like
to use, as the genre of my
music magazine is Rock &
R’N’B.
The contents page
image, inspired me to
have the background
an image of the main
artist. The way it is
set out, makes it look
unique and different
from other contents
pages.
This front cover looks
edgy and “tough”, it
consists of three
colours, (red, black and
white) very simple
colours, however it
makes the images stand
out and shows the
magazine is straight to
The image of Miley
Cyrus inspired me
because she has her
tongue out, it makes
her look edgy and
rough. They also show
her tattoo’s. The use of
the words “Good Golly
Miss Miley” shows
Miley has a serious
change in her look and
the magazine
represents that.
These double page spreads consists of the same colours
throughout the magazine. The images used are dull or
black and white, which makes the title stand out. I like
the way they have laid out the page and have used one
big red letter in the middle of the page (the first letter of
their name.)
The font images used on my mood board are all
“big, dark” dints that look like they belong to a
“rock” category. They’re very unique and they will
stand out against other pieces of text.
The Steven Tyler (also known to be lead
singer in Aerosmith) image, inspires me to
have my main image to include an
instrument, mainly a guitar as it relates to
rock stars, as many of their music includes
electric guitars. He has a very simple
look, and the image is in black and white.
The image of Rihanna, is a potential pose/look I
would like to go for, she is looking straight into
the camera, with an evil look in her eye. It
makes her look sexy yet powerful. It makes her
look rough and someone you won’t want to
mess with.

3. It is clear this font belongs to a “rock” category.
It is very unique and it will stand out against
other pieces of text used on a front cover.
I decided to use these logo’s, as
I like the lay-out and design of
it, this may potentially be what
I want my logo to look like
The Rolling Stones front cover
inspired, because Bruno is using a
pop, a cigarette, which is seen as
“cool” and what most rock stars
do. He is looking straight into the
camera, which shows a mean look
in his eye, which suggests he is
tough, “don’t mess with me” look.
I was inspired by this
image used in a magazine
of 2Pac, as he has his shirt
off, showing his
tattoo’s, which can be
seen as tough, and cool.
They have put an black
and white effect on the
image to make his body
look more defined and
stand out against the
background.
The front covers of VIBE
magazine, looks more like a R’N’B
magazine, rather than
rock, however it consists of three
main colours, (black, white and
red) which can also be associated
with rock. The fact that they have
used a black or white
background, show that they want
the main image, and the text to
stand out
These hands symbols, represent
rock, and many rock stars do
these hand symbols, so the
audience will be able to relate
and understand
I think this double page spread is very
creative in the way it is laid-out and it is an
idea I would like to use for my magazine
These a potential
props that I would like
to use on my front
cover, or within some
images in my
magazine
This front cover consists of the same colours, and
Rihanna’s make-up makes her look edgy and rough.
I also like the fact that NME, has used props.
This image of the model on the
motorbike inspired me because it
shoes that she is beautiful, but she
has a edgy look to her. She is
showing us she can be bad-ass, this
shown by her pose, clothing and
use of props.