My Front Cover Drafts

In order to come up with my final front cover, I made up 3 drafts of my front cover and decided the pros and cons of them, and ultimately I will choose the best one to be my final cover for my music magazine.

Draft 1:

 

Pros:

 

• The blank background contrasts with the different elements upon the page.
• It uses the left and right third for cover-lines.
• It features a lot of information.
• It sticks to the same font.
• You can clearly see the name of the magazine.
• You can see the main headline.
• It keeps to a colour scheme.

Cons:



 

• It looks blank in some areas.
• It needs more inset pictures.
• It needs to emphasise more on the headline story.
• Needs a graphic feature.

Draft 2:

 

 

 

Pros:

 

• Follows a colour scheme.
• Uses a lot of technical values that associate with other magazines (puffs, etc).
• It has good anchorage.
• It uses inset photos.
• The use of a location shot makes the magazine more personal.
• You can clearly see the name of the magazine.
• You can clearly see the main headline of the magazine.
• It has a clear house style.

 

Cons:

 

• It needs a graphic feature
• I need to give it some finishing touches and clean ups.
• I may add a menu strip at the bottom.





Draft 3:

 

Pros:

 

• It has a clear colour scheme.
• You can clearly see the title of the magazine and the headline.
• It uses both the left and right third of the magazine for cover lines.
• The colours are eye grabbing.

 

Cons:

 

• It has a lot of blank space.
• It needs a graphic feature.
• The colour can be quite bright to be able to read. 

 

 

Ultimately, I believe I will go with draft #2, because it is the furthest developed, and I feel like when I add the finishing touches to it, it will look alike a real magazine cover.