Front Page Layouts

I liked the look of most of these front pages of Hip Hop magazines purely because there was not loads of text taking over and the image was very much the main attraction. Also, without lots of other text I think it makes the front cover looks a lot cleaner and more appealing in my opinion. Covers such as the XXL covers consist of lots of information of what is inside the magazine which is useful, yet I think it makes the cover look cluttered and hectic. Whereas ones such as L’aumo have not so much text or make the text not as big and blends in more with the theme of the magazine and it does not make the cover look as hectic as some of the others. I also very much liked the L’aumo magazine cover as the colours complimented each other well along with the Respect magazine cover. One of the magazines, Nataal, is unconventional as it has no information as to what is inside the magazines. However, I think this works as it makes the cover look a lot cleaner in my opinion and is very appealing. This will be essential in my magazine cover as I want to make it as appealing as possible. Along with that there are many other conventions that I will want to incorperate in my magazine such as the sans-serif mastheads.