Front Cover Drafts

First draft

Second Draft

Third Draft

Throughout the process of designing my front cover, I made plenty of changes. Some of these changes included the title as I decided it needed to be thicker as a bold title is a main convention of a magazine. The most obvious change I have made is the cover image. I decided to change this completely as the title ran across the models head, this could not have been used as the image would have been useless. Changing the image completely is a disadvantage as the first image included a musical instrument which is the iconography of my magazine. Instead, the model for my final outcome is portrayed as a singer by his indie clothing. I have also added images of the previous model holding a guitar to assure the audience that this is a music magazine. I improved my magazine by adding more cover stories. This made my magazine look more packed with stories and interviews for the audience.



I chose to take plenty of images for my cover image so that I could experiment as the model is changing positions. This was a great idea as i was able to learn which position suited best for an indie magazine. The clothing the model was wearing were perfect for an indie magazine as his shoes represent his youth which connects him to my teenage target audience. The coat he is wearing fits in the indie criteria as the bagginess gives him a careless/rebel look.