The document discusses how the creator of a new music magazine followed many existing conventions from other successful magazines in areas like layout, use of color, fonts, and imagery, but also made some intentional decisions to challenge conventions. Specifically, the creator used only one large image on the cover rather than multiple smaller ones and included some quirky images of the featured artist rather than just serious poses, to make the magazine more appealing to their target alternative audience. Overall, following most conventions helped the magazine be recognizable, but some small challenges to conventions kept it feeling unique.