Drafts and My Possible Final Front Cover

This is my magazine where I have improved the weaknesses on my final magazine for example I have put something in the top right hand corner to make it look less empty and more inviting. I have also improved how the callout of the left handside middle looks before it was boring but even though I have improved it a little bit I still don't think that it grabs the audiences attention enough.

I have also used the liquify tool to make the glasses look more interesting and also where I had taken the picture and used Mirror Aviator Glasses as a prop the glasses caught my reflection so you could see me in the glasses quite clearly and I felt like this gave off the wrong effect.I was also very unproffesional.

I have also added in a tagline/slogan at the top of the magzine above the masthead saying 'The UK's Best Mag' I have used slang such as 'Mag' because my audience is young and hip, and would talk like this so the would be able to identify with the magazine.

I also dislike the background that they magazine is on because it is dull in colour and the writting  doesn't stand out very well, this is a point which I have learn from the mistakes I made in my school magazine, the writing didn't stand out from the background therefore making my magazine look less proffesional.

This is near my what I want for my final front cover, I have used the gradient tool to make my background shape looklike the colour is changing also I changed the call out shape I used and I also changed the colour of the callout to make it stand out more.

Have also changed the distance between the line of 'This Years Top Tunes' so the lines look connected, more relevent to each other and less confusing.

This is my favorite design so far because everything is vibrant and appealing so my target audience would want to buy it.

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Drafts of my Front Cover...

These are some drafts of my front cover...

In both these magazines they look a bit empty for example in the top right corner, also I have not put any slogan or header in. In both of these I have changed the font that JASPER JOHN is written in; my personal favorite is the 2nd magazine because it is more realistic and away the artist would write their name, I also like it because it gives a more personally feel to the magazine so the audience isn't so detached.

My favorite thing about both the magazines is the photograph, it really stands out because he is pointing at you, it grabs the audiences attention immediatly. In addition is is very happy (as the model is smiling) also it have very bright colours and makes you happy, I have chosen to do this instead of black and white because you wouldnts want to read a magazine which makes you feel bad because its not bright and cheerful. This is also how I imagaine my audience to be, confident and cheerful so if my model emulates it the the audience will feel like there are other people like them, offering them reassurance. If I had used a black and white image and aberant decoding is that it is dull and boring so then the audience could think the thing in the magazine is just as boring. 

First Drafts of my Front Cover:

These are my starting ideas for my first draft: