My First Magazine Cover.

This is my first attempt at my magazine cover, I have changed the name to Rock Sound and I intend to keep it as this. 

I originally chose this image because I thought that it was a simple effective image which attracts the attention and will sell my magazine. However, after adding detail and the quotes I realised that it is the wrong sort of image for my genera, the way she is looking into the camera and the smile makes it seem like it is either a beauty magazine or something along those lines. The image gives of a completely wrong impression, I want an image that is different and is going to stand out from all the other magazines on the shelves. I decided that using this cover would not be the best thing for my magazine, however I am keeping the name and the cover lines and the captions the same as I think that they are effective. 

This was my second magazine cover, I changed the image with to one that looks like she is singing, it is an image were she isn’t in a fixed pose and isn’t looking at the camera which gives it the unique look that I am looking for. I thought that keeping the title, cover lines and captions in the same place would make the cover look right. This is better than the first cover but the image and the cover lines ect don’t fit together, I am going to change the positions of the text and see if I can make it work. 

This is my third magazine cover, I moved around the title and put the logo in the middle than rather than in the left corner, I know that normally people look at the top left hand corner as that is the easiest place for people to notice it as it is the common way that people stack magazines in shops. However since this is the first issue I thought that it is important for people to see the name of the magazine as well as the logo. So I thought that by putting the logo in the middle and having the name going each side of the logo. I am not sure on whether or not to keep this yet because I am finding that I don’t like the positions of the cover lines as I cant seem to get them to balance with the image and make the cover look even. I am going to have another go at seeing what I could do with the cover.

I have changed the layout of my name to this. Rather than have a logo and a name separate on the front cover I have decided to join them together and created a logo that would be recognised by the fan base of the magazine. It is going to be positioned in the top left third of the magazine were it is easily seen and wont change from this position. The idea behind changing the layout of the name of my magazine is to try to create a house style for my magazine. 

This is my fourth magazine cover and I have used the new logo and  changed the layout of the cover lines on the front to try and make the  image balanced and make it look like a front cover. However  there is something about this cover that doesn't work,  it just doesn't seem to be as effective as some of the other covers that I have looked at. I am going to carry on trying out new ideas and see what I can come up with to make it more eye catching.

 This is my Fifth magazine cover and I am beginning to think that it is looking like a magazine cover. I  have chosen not to put the bar code on the front of the magazine as the magazines I researched didn't have a bar code on the front they had it on the back. So I have decided to follow this as the bar code really doesn't look attractive on the front of the magazine and takes up space that is needed for other things. I changed the position of the data and issue on the front because I think that it looks better at the top, it is a little above were the date line usually is but I still might change it. I brought it list of artist featured in the magazine back and put it under neither the model as I think that it balances the cover out and makes it look even with the amount of text. There are still small things on the cover that I am not happy about but I am going to move on to my contents and the double page spread and think a little about my final cover for a little bit longer.