Front Cover Drafts

This was my original front cover but

after receiving feedback I decided to

change the main image to be

someone different so the picture was less pixelated.

I also then needed to replace the poster image so they weren’t identical. I chose this image.

However, the image was too long and there was too much head space so I cropped the image to

make it look more professional and so it would fit into the space provided.

I replaced the main image

with this picture.

The main image looks more

conventional with the new image and

suits the genre more than the other

one as the costume and makeup

along with the facial piercings are associated more with rock.

I changed the

masthead colour from

black to white so it

contrasts with the

new, darker background.

There needs to be more band

names here and also in a

smaller font size as they are

not a very important aspect.

Rock/Indie magazines also

have many more names in the bottom banner.

I re-added the pull quote but made it

smaller and in a white font so it

contrasts better with the new

background and made it smaller so it

didn’t disrupt the main picture and

cover her face.

I added the ‘EXCLUSIVE!’ banner as it is

commonly seen on magazines and makes the cover look more realistic.

I made the cover story much larger as

it should be the second largest font on

the page as it is very important. I also

kept this in the banner from the

previous cover because it makes it

stand out more and the text on the

girl’s jumper would make the cover story unreadable.

I added more names to the bottom

banner and made them white so it

looks busier and seems packed with content.