2/2/2010 – Today I made the initial brainstorms for the planning of my magazine. I included things such as the name, coverline and the different types of images I may use.

4/2/2010 – I analyzed a front cover of a typical music magazine. This is to help me acknowledge the features which typically go on a music magazines front cover. I made annotations on the front cover and after this I made my annotations into a short essay.

8/2/2010 – today I drew up a rough sketch of my front cover. I decided on the name for my magazine (Mayhem) and I thought of some coverlines to include.

12/2/210

Today I thought up some masthead designs. I decided to use the name Mayhem’ and I experimented with the different designs on photoshop.

17/2/2010

Today I took some photo’s of my main models that I will use for my magazine. I went in at lunch time to the MPA room and took photo shots using different camera shots.

22/2/2010

Today I made a rough first draft of my front page for my magazine. I decided upon the image I want to use, I decided upon the masthead and the coverlines. I also decided upon the colour range.

24/2/2010

Today I analyzed a contents page of a hiphop magazine. The purpose for this was to give me ideas for my own contents page for my magazine.

26/2/2010

Today I started the production of my own contents page. I added the main features such as the images and the pages.

4/3/2010

Today I added the finishing touches and completed my contents page.

8/3/2010

Today I did an analysis of a main article/double spread page. This was also to help me in the construction of my own main article.

12/3/2010

Today I made a rough draft of my own main article. I decided to have my article in a interview format. I decided to do an interview with my main artist ‘Grinder’.

16/3/2010

Today I have completed the final draft of my front page cover. I have change the masthead design, the font of the coverlines and the background style.

18/3/2010

Today I had made a second version of my front cover with a free CD on the front.

25/3/2010

Today I have completed my double page spread, consisting of my main article, which is an interview with my main artist.