Front Page Layouts
To bring inspiration for the different colour palettes, font types, graphics and layouts of my magazine; I compiled together my top 10 favourite magazine front covers that I found which interest me.
Reflection
When I come to designing the front cover of my magazine, I want it to be quirky but yet simplistic to attract the desired audience. I’d like to include a vibrant colour filter, like the magazines ‘LOREM’, ‘MOEVIR’ and ‘billboard’, to contrast with the light coloured clothing that my Main Cover Star will be wearing and to make my front cover electric and bright. I also feel I’d use a close up photo because I like the layouts of the ‘billboard’, ‘MOEVIR’, ‘FUTURE NOSTALGIA’ and ‘LOREM’ magazines, plus if I did include a close up photo I may match the format of ‘CITY LIGHTS’ and place the image within a box as when researching I came across a fair few magazine front covers with a similar placement. Even though I love the idea of incorporating the model into the masthead, demonstrated by the ‘ELLE’ magazine, I feel it would deform the original photo of my model and make it look odd as the dimensions would be messed up due to the fact I didn’t intentionally take a photo specifically for that layout.
However, I am inspired to recreate a similar vibe with the ‘LOREM’, ‘TUSH’ and ‘billboard’ magazine for my own magazine front cover as since I used the shade lavender throughout the costume and makeup of my Main Cover Star model, the ‘TUSH’ magazine gives a feeling of elegance in the design and the colours used throughout all the magazines compliment each other really well.
Focus Forward
I will use this research as a brainstorm of ideas for my front cover to allow me to create a successful magazine. In addition, it has provided me with a rough sketch of where I’ll place my Main Cover Star image and coverlines for my first draft to make it visually appealing to my target audience.