Front Cover Drafts

Front Cover Drafts

First Draft

This is my first front cover draft of my music Magazine for the pop genre, which was created using InDesign. To start the process, I uploaded an image which I had previously edited in photoshop which i felt relevant for my style of magazine. I chose this image because it features body language which would normally be chosen on a pop magazine. I felt that this image was also good due to the prominent space which had been left around my Popstar. This meant It could be used for the left third without covering her face or other parts of the image. Finally, the main thing I liked about this image is that she had eye contact with the reader which draws your immediate attention to her and the main story associated with the image.

I next needed to create my masthead, I had already decided that my magazine would be called 'Popstar' due to being about artists within the charts and i thought related and appealed well with the target audience. I started out writing the title and knew i wanted the text to be in the colour black and bold so that it would be clear. I used the font 'impact' which is exactly what it does to the cover. I placed it in the top left as that is where the readers eye is drawn to first. 

Next I added a tag line of 'making you the star' in a smaller font underneath the title. I also changed the colour of 'you' into a bright blue as this magazine is all about the information they want to know and putting them first with latest gossip. The font is also italic which i works well and is more unique.

Lastly, I added a bright pink rectangled strip along the bottom of the cover as this helps me create and design the plug and puff later on. The colour of the bright pink i decided also contrasts well with the bright blue within the tag line and consist of colours you would normally associate with a teenage pop magazine.

Second Draft

I next created and wrote the main cover line which is featured with the cover image. I came up with the name of calling her 'Delliah Rose' and I wanted to included an interview on her rise to stardom and popularity within the music charts. This interview will then later be created for my double page spread.

To create the main cover line I wanted it to stand out so designed two rectangular boxes and joined them together and filled them in with the same colour blue. I altered the angle of the boxes to make it more convectional and also so I did not cover up her face. I next added the text in the same font of the mast head however, this time in white as it looked better against the blue instead of black. I filled the text into the box and made the boxes more off centre to give effect. Next, was to add a drop shadow to the box as this gave the effect of not being static to the image and stand out against the background.

Finally, I added the text of what the cover line is about in the same font as the tag line and placed it within the image itself due to it being smaller and not as much of a bold text, which could have made it harder to read if placed against the white. I also wanted to include 'exclusive' above the main title as it shows the reader that this is a more private as this is the only magazine which has this source of information/interview. This font is a more bold to the cover line information as it captures the audience, which was done by adding a thicker stroke.

Third Draft

The next stage was adding smaller extras into the top right corner which would show some of the artists that would be featured in the magazine. I thought by adding a '+' meant that it was smaller and did not take away from the other cover lines. By this being smaller also allowed the magazine to not look too full and looked more balanced. I next added colours of blue, red and orange as bright colours are normally visible on this style of magazine. I thought these colours contrasted well. I also wanted them to be semi bold as are not a main story but did not want them to go unseen.

Fourth Draft

For the next draft, i decided that I would play around with the colours of the rectangle at the bottom to a colour that matched her top as i thought it would give a better appeal and also would tie the magazine together. 

I also started adding in cover lines to the left third, of '7 huh?! moments from the MTV Emas'' and a subheading of 'The Vamps Girlfriends, naked bits and never before seen pics" I also put this into a circle and rectangle (plug and puff).

The last change I made was adding an orange star to my masthead. I thought this worked well as the star was related to my masthead and also allowed me to create a logo. The orange also worked well as it contrasted well with the bright blue and pink.

Fifth Draft

From my fourth draft I needed to add a third cover line of "Spolier Alert- Backstage with The Wanted" however when i tried to add this i did not have enough space, so therefore I decided to delete the existing circle and rectangle behind the cover line above. I felt this was a good change as the shapes previously was too much and deterred from my main cover image and story.

For my Final draft I added a plug and puff. I created this by using the oval tool as then filled it in with a bright pink. I then did the same again but filled the outline in white so it gave more of an attraction to the plug and puff.

Sixth Draft

For my final draft I changed the font for the main cover line, because it felt that the script was too thin and hard to read for the main focus of the magazine. I changed it to 'chalkboard' in white as it contrasted better against the main image, and was also more illegible to read.

My last change I made was taking out the smaller cover lines in the right hand corner and adding a circle in yellow. Inside it reads 'Jessie J shows us her style" as the main headline. I then used the type on a path tool to add text around the circle saying 'style snoop' as it gave more off a better effect instead of the normal block style.

I also added a bright blue 'shhh!' to the plug and puff as it had extra space above and made the existing title look lost.