Front Cover Draft

Here is a draft of my front cover which I will take feedback from and then improve. I made the cover lines the same colour of the Bowie and Amp lead and also the cover lines stand out. I could improve this design by using another font for Poppy Scarlet Unplugged as this article will draw attention and it is quite often convention for another font to be used. I feel that the magazines slogan in the skyline is important but I feel that this space could be used more efficiently to persuade the viewer to buy the magazine so therefore I will change this to a list of three artists which will feature within the magazine. Looking back at my artist research I can see that the Arctic Monkeys are high profile so to put them on my front cover could draw in their wide fan base. I will also place the Little Comets on the skyline because of their tight fan base, the tight fan base means a high dedication towards the band so therefore they will buy the magazine but also this 'unknown' band will create a sense of mystery and intrigue which could encourage the viewer to pick up the magazine. I will also add Bastille due to their current high status in the charts which will mean the interest in them will be at its highest, thus meaning more people will pick up the magazine due to high interest. In between I will place the + icon due to its connotations of more and plus which will imply to the viewer that the magazine will provide lots of information and entertainment, thus the consumer will get their moneys worth. Looking at the cover lines I feel that there isn't enough variety and that they blend into each other and don't really stand out, to improve this I think that I will add variety by experimenting with colour, font and spacing which will hopefully spread these cover lines apart making them stand out more and also make them easier to read. I will also need to improve the alignment of the cover lines as they are not totally inline, this ruins the professional effect which is created through attention to detail.