Final Magazine

My Front Cover Evolution

 

 

Here are the covers that I have made while finalising my cover.

 

 

 

Moving On To Contents Page

I have now finished my front cover, which is on target time wise, however I have decided to start on my contents page first instead of my double page spread because I anticipate that my double page spread will take longer. I hope to get my contents page done using my photoshop at home after college so that I will have more time on InDesign in college to do my double page spread as I do not have this program at home.

Another Change Of Front Cover Picture

After opening the image in photoshop I have discovered that the shot is a little blurry, so I will use this one instead.

Change Of Front Cover Image

After speaking with my teacher I have decided to change the front cover image of my magazine because the new image better fits the conventions of a rock magazine. After looking at various front covers of music magazines I have found that most of them are indoor shots or shots with a blank coloured background. So I will use this for my front cover and save my other images for my double page spread. This will be my new front cover image:

I also felt that my other front cover draft turned out looking more like a movie poster than a magazine front cover.

Mock Front Cover

I have drafted up a front cover and posted it on to facebook in order to get feedback. 

Cover Image Feedback

I placed this image on facebook to see what my audience thought about it. Here is one of the comments that I received. "i like it but i think it's a bit too zoomed in - somewhere between this zoom and the original zoom would be better in my opinion :P outdoor's good and the editing's cool :)"

I have decided to zoom the image out but keep the same sort of editing with the darker background. I will then see if the writing fits over the top of the image nicely, if that doesn't work I shall try making a cover with an indoor shot instead.