Initial Drawings

Initial Front Cover Design

Overall, I don’t think that this is a very good design for a music magazine front cover. This is because there is a lot of space left, and there is no introduction to what the magazine will include. This would instantly make people uninterested because the magazine isn’t providing them with essential information needed to buy a magazine. Also, the image would not be suitable for the front cover of a magazine because although it fits the theme, the main artist is not exactly in clear view, when the main artist should actually be the main focus of the magazine.

Initial Front Cover Design

This initial idea for the front cover design, I believed was a good idea because it suited the genre of country music well, as it adheres to the stereotypes associated with country music such as acoustic guitars shown in the background on the page. However, when it came to making this front page, there was too much white space and the font was not suitable for this purpose as it is not clear and easy to read. Therefore I did not go ahead with this initial design.

Initial Front Cover Design

After asking for feedback on this front cover design, I decided not to use it. This is because a majority of people asked said that they did not like this design, and also it doesn’t leave much room in order to try and sell the magazine. This means that the text and offers are all squashed into one area on the magazine which is not a good design for a magazine front cover.

Initial Contents Page Design

This initial idea for a contents page, I actually created before realising that it left too much blank white space on the page. The use of colour was also inconsistent throughout the initial magazine idea and therefore I decided that this was not an appropriate choice for a contents page.

Initial Contents Page Design

This is a poor design for a contents page because of the layout. This is because there is a lot of spare space that is not used up and also because there is no true explanation of what each article in the magazine is about, it only states who it is about. Also, there is no picture of the main featured artist, but instead a guitar, however, the main artist is what’s meant to be the main attention of the magazine, but in this case, it is not.

Initial Double Page Spread Design

After looking at all of my initial ideas, I decided that this idea was not the best design. This is because there would be a lot of blank white space needing used up, and the picture of the main artist faded into the background would clash with the use of text in front and potentially obstruct the text. Therefore this is not the final design for my music magazine.

Initial Double Page Spread Design

I decided not to use this design for the double page spread because there was no room left for quotes or other pictures in the article of which are generically found in professional magazines.