Own Magazine Front Cover

Working Progress.

To start off the making of my magazine front cover I edited my chosen picture, changing the saturation, levels and vibrance of the image and placed it into InDesign. To create the effect of an actual magazine, I created a masthead and name for my magazine, calling it "Moda". At first I was unsure about the typeface I had used, but after changing the kerning I felt happy with how the masthead looked.

After making the masthead I decided to add the cover line for the main article featured in the magazine. I knew straight away it needed to stand out on the black and white image, and so I changed the colour and size of the most important part of the coverline to ensure it contrasted with not only the image, but also the masthead. I also used 2 different typefaces for this cover line, a display script typeface and a Modern typeface. This creates further contrast on the front cover and would draw the attention of the target audience.

I then started to add in my other cover lines. To ensure the coverlines complemented each other whilst still creating contrast, i used the bold version of the typeface i had used on the main coverline, this makes sure that the magazine does not become boring or even conflicting. I used the same colour for one of the coverlines as I had used previously on the main coverline, and on the other coverline I made the colours black and white. This was to make them stand out on the page, without overpowering the masthead or main coverline article.

After finishing that I moved on to add in things that are usually featured on the front cover of a magazine, such as the barcode, the month it is being released and the price. I found an image of a barcode on google and then put a white box behind it. I made sure that the date and price were small so that they did not overpower the coverlines, but were still noticeable.

I then realised that the coverlines were not very easy to read on the background which had many different tones within it. I thought it would be a good idea to add black boxes around the two smaller coverlines and the two words on the main article that didnt stand out. At first i left them at full opacity, but I then realised hat this was too much and decided the lower the opacity of them, so that the coverlines still stood out but did not look less professional.

Final Piece.

Here is my finished magazine front cover. Overall I am fairly happy with the outcome of the piece, although there are a few things which I would change about it, for example i would try and be more bold with the typefaces and colours. I would also play around with the image itself and see what it would look like in colour or with different tones.