Cover Layout

My original flat plan depicted a short, sweet, indie style

masthead that would go from the left to just

over the centre.

I initially wanted my feature articles to have no black, box

background to them and instead just adjust the text in black and

white according to the style of foreground and background.

I also wanted my model’s pose to be

side facing, with her face turning to

the side of the camera.

Then, after further research into non-conforming indie

magazines and their styles, I noticed some changes that I could also incorporate into my own magazine, to make it seem more

official, yet still stand out.

Having a masthead that goes across the whole length of the magazine

stood out more than having it from the side.

I also found that a front facing artist in considered much more eye catching than one standing at an angle or to the side. It

makes the audience feel more inclined to read it if

someone facing them, other than if they are

looking away of angled.

A part that I have kept in common with

my magazine is the use of a puff

line of the artist’s name at the bottom of

my page. I, alongside my focus audience really

enjoyed the idea of letting everyone

know who my artist was quickly. By

having the name so big, it makes it really easy for everyone to

see clearly.

Also my pull quote would be under the name so that it becomes

the next easiest thing

for my market to

read.

Taking inspiration from the “Lana Del

Ray” text on the cover of Rollingstone magazine, I also put the name of my artist at the

bottom of my page, but while ‘RS’

used black on a white

background, I did vice versa.

So in the end, I’ve changed my intension for my magazines look so that it could come across as more processional and seem more of

an elite indie magazine than their norms.