Front Cover Construction

Here Is my first development screenshot for my front cover. As you can see I have located were my subject will go in the page and added in the masthead and Main Cover line. As for the subject I have located him in the centre with as much space as I could make around him. I had to flip him horizontally to achieve this as his arm was cover to much real estate on the right and the masthead was covering up the left half of the page. I also put the masthead in a unconventional place as they typically run across the top of the page. I have added it down the page to add some diversity to the page and my magazine.




Here Is my second development, I have added the
cover line and website address.  As for the cover
lines I have used a simple black and white serif font
which juxtaposes the bright yellow masthead. Each of the cover lines have a smalls yellow dot to link in with the colour palette of the page  and therefore adds to the professional vibe. In addition to this I have brought the Masthead in front of my star vehicle to make the writing more visible to the reader. Underneath the masthead I have added the issue number and the website, although this is in a very small font the use of the masthead leading to it when you read it means that you will see the information after you see the masthead. This intern means later after looking at the magazine you will remember to look back their to see what the website was called or what magazine you will need to buy next.

Here is my final outcome. I have added in the bar code and a QR code, although not linking to the magazine I have made the QR code link to my blog page. However, if this was a production magazine I would make it link to the website and maybe it could have a subscription voucher for scanning the code with your phone.Finally I have placed the Masthead back behind the subject as when looking back at my prior research I saw that a lot of magazine have their mastheads slightly covered by the star vehicle. Overall I am very happy with the outcome and I believe it has a very professional vibe and it links in very well with my research and my target audience.