Stages of Front Cover

I think now the font stands out very effectively and I feel the page is eye catching as there are many different colors, this is the final front cover.

I then decided that the audience should know the types of artists that were within the months issue, so I put them at the top right, they are out of the way but clearly visible however because of the busy colored background the font did not stand out as much as I wanted it to, I used alternate colours to make the front cover stand out more and not be all the same.

I then decided that the page looked bland overall and more things need to be added to make it eye catching so I decided to use a electric blue banner at the bottom of the page that states everything we have inside, this way it allows people to know what's inside just from the front cover I also think it makes the page look busier and definitely more eye catching as there is more bright blue present, I used white font as I feel it stands out best on the blue background.

I put a blue background behind the shape to make it stand out more, I chose to put it slightly distorted as this is how you would be feeling at a club, I think it gives a much better effect to the pug as it makes it more eye-catching, this is a must have quality of a front cover.

I then added in a pug as most magazines have one present, I decided to use it for a competition, that way more people would be interested as they have a chance of winning excellent equipment, however I think it looks very bland as it is so decided to make a slight change.

All front cover must have their inside stories printed on the front cover, I have put the two main stories that run throughout my work, Rebeltronic is the main story and Anderson is the boy in the image who has come back to DJing and tells you all about Rebeltronic. To make the color scheme wider I have used white & grey, these colors have also been used throughout the magazine. I feel that it is a good place where I chose as again the stories are not blocking any of the main image.

The next step was to add in conventions, therefore I added in the bar code and the prices, there is no way that it can look professional without a bar code as every single magazine has a bar code, I also added on the website as this is a standard piece of information that must be present, I felt that the place I put them in is convenient as they are clearly visible but out of the way of the main image.

This is the chosen image for my front cover, I chose this one as it looks like they are having a wicked time, also the guy on the right is a professional DJ, this image is taken in a club as the music genre is house, I put the masthead at the top in messy writing so that it relates to the title 'Mess Detectives'