Magazine front cover 1

This is my first draft of my music magazine, in this image it shows the first few steps I took when starting to design my first front cover. At this point, I was unsure on the main image and the cover lines that I was going to put on there, and I didn't want to rush this so I carried on with the masthead and the main cover line to see how they looked and to know which colours I want to use for them. During this process, the masthead and the cover lines were difficult to colour, which I did on Paint, so that I could continue to change the colours and play around to see which looked best for each piece of text.

This is my second draft of my music magazine front cover which as you can see isn't completely finished as the bottom half is empty however I have made progress with it as I have done some photography and managed to get hold of my main image which I think looks effective and suitable for my target audience. I still need to add the anchorage text to the bottom of the front cover and once I have done that then the magazine will be complete.

This is my third draft where I had started to add the anchorage text to the bottom, I had thought about what I wanted to include and which bits of the magazine I was going to highlight on the front cover. It still felt bare and I had a think of what else I could add to the magazine to give it more of a fun look and less boring as at the minute it is just words. I realised that in order to make it look more professional I should add thumbnail images which link to the anchorage text, this way it gives the audience a real insight into the magazine and the target audience for this magazine would usually look straight for the images not the text to see what catches their eyes.

Above is a picture of one of my final 

magazine front cover designs that I created on fireworks.

Whilst in the process of making this front cover I had to consider all of the feedback I received about the hand drawn designs I produced.

• The colours of the masthead and cover lines are very soft, girly colours which I feel relate to my target audience of young girls very well, along with the fonts of them. The bouncy writing reflects the bubbly personalities of the readers and suggests the fun effect which attracts readers. 
• In the planning of this magazine, I suggested that I would use thumbnail images around the main image to give the readers a quick insight to the magazine, which I stuck to and included. The ones that I did include were used because they are a common interest within most girls lives such as the Disney aspect, this is widely adored by many children and adults; for those who haven't visited Disney or even if they have, they get taken on a journey with the celebrity featuring in this article. The gloves thumbnail image is an essential feature for winter and if children see a pair of clothing they like advertised they will be more inclined to by the magazine so that they can browse at what else is on offer within the magazine.
• The main image of the star called Derrie shows off quite a 'dressed up' look because a common interest with girls is being glamorous and looking up to their idols, which Derrie is giving off a mature, sensible look for many children to follow.