Cover Ideas.

Cover Ideas.

Here are 3 cover ideas which I came up with, based on my research of magazine covers and their layout.

This first idea was based on the typical layout of a magazine, with the text surrounding the main image to give focus upon each thing individually. For the masthead, I picked a font which resembled that of 'Kerrang magazine's, as I thought a rough and grungey look would also be appealing for my own cover.

The second design that I created had the masthead in the centre, the main image on the left and the text on the right around it. This gave a look of a newspaper article, but i wanted to experiment to see what different presentations I could come up with. The font that I used for this cover was called 'College', and resembles college and everything stereotypically involved in that. As my magazine is aimed at young adults, I thought that this would be appropriate to use.

The final idea I created for my cover included the main image placed in the centre, and the cover lines randomly placed around it for a different effect. I liked this idea, as it gave a more 'rebellious' look, rather than it being neat, referring to the theme which I had chosen. The masthead resembled a tattoo or a heavy sketch of a picture, also resembling the theme, so that is why I chose this.

After creating these ideas, I decided that the one that I would use would be the first, as although the second represents college, and the third appeals to the theme, the first has the masthead which I feel is the most appropriate. However, I think that the layout of the third magazine, with the random boxes to again represent the them is the best to use, and so I will combine this with the masthead idea for the first cover to create my magazine cover.