Brief Evaluation of Front Cover

On the post below is the completed version of my Music Magazine Front Cover.

Several things inspired me while creating my front cover. One of which was a black and white effect with magazine front covers I came across doing my research. I have made various adjustments from my previous design including editing my chosen picture very differently, including making the editing more subtle by just simply using the black and white tool and not changing the contrast drastically keeping a simple edge to my front cover.

I chose to have a dark color scheme to my magazine as it fits with the 'rock/individual' style that I wanted my magazine to have. Originally I wasn't going to put any color into my front cover but once reviewing it all simply in black and white I chosen to add only one more color into my color scheme, red. I chose red because I thought it was vibrant and signifies power and dominance. The color scheme I feel wouldn't appeal to a young, teenage girl, girly audience as it has a more mature simple color scheme which would appeal to a reader who Isn't interested so much in the material aspects of a magazine, just the content. I feel that the color scheme used on my front cover strongly compliment each other and the theme of the magazine.

The image I decided to use as a front cover was very important and key to the theme of the magazine. I decided to choose this particular image as I feel that it is a very flattering image involving aspects of what a typical 'CLASH' reader may enjoy.

The setting is very important as my photo shoot wasn't set in a very mainstream and typical setting as such. It was set on a quiet city bench at night surrounded by litter of cigarettes and alcohol. Not encouraged by CLASH by all means but perhaps consumers of those objects. This would appeal to a reader as I can imagine a CLASH reader to be very laid back and not at all materialistic.

I felt that I could afford to not add loads of text onto my front cover as I feel the primary picture dominates the page enough and more text would simply 'clutter' up the front cover and would loose its professional element.

I used the word 'exclusive' on numerous occasions presented on my front cover as I felt that It would appeal to a reader because It demonstrates that the contents in the magazine wouldn't be available from any other competitors magazine's. This front cover I feel would strongly appeal to my target audience intended.