Front Page Construction

The typographic components that I used for my front page attract the readers eye to the stories that are going to be in the magazine.

The font that I used for my title is nova solid, the block text looks good with the name.

I decided to make the general colour scheme red and black, this is a simple colour scheme and will be simple to keep consistent throughout the magazine.

I put the text in coloured boxes to show to the reader that they are important pieces of information.

Trying to choose the fonts that would go on my magazine cover was the hardest thing, making the fonts look professional and like a genuine music magazine is a challenge. Here I added a design element that grabs the readers attention.










I decided to use this picture for my front cover, I think that it portrays the genre that I want my magazine to be well because the clothing looks typically 'indie' and the guitar shows clearly that it is a music magazine

 I had to edit this picture and change the brightness and contrast to make it look like a more professional picture, to do this I went to image, adjustments and brightness and contrast and adjusted the levels. I experimented a lot with the brightness and contrast to try and find the best look for my picture. I added a union jack badge to my front page, this design element shows the reader that this edition of 'riot' will talk about the upcoming British festivals which - if they want to go to them - will give the reader incentive to buy the magazine

I have made many changes since the beginning process of my magazine, I changed the colour or the title and added an outline to it, as well as this I finished the writing in the black block at the bottom of the cover, a picture of this is shown below.

                                                                 

Here I was trying to find an appropriate colour for the text at the bottom of the cover, I experimented with a deep red/burgandy colour but in the end settled for a golden brown because the dark red was too difficult to read, the new colour of the text allows the reader to easily read the text.