Final front cover development

After completing all designs of my front cover, contents page and double page spread, I realised that the front cover has a massive impact on the amount of consumers and it has to reflect on the initial target audience. I reviewed my front cover designs and even though the feedback for all of the designs was good and positive, there was just something missing that I felt like I had to change to improve it.

As I knew that I wanted to improve the design, I took the design from my final design that I decided was going to be my front cover at the time, and modified it, by keeping the same main image and cover lines etc, but just adjusting the positioning and the layout of it to allow the magazine to look professional whilst still suiting the audience of my choice.

When you was little, you probably wanted to be older and be all grown up so you could be like the 'bigger girls'; so I think that this design reflects on this really well. It has news/information about what the girls want to read, however the layout to it has more of an 'older' look to try and incorporate the sense of the teenage girls growing up and wanting to be older.

Because I edited my previous final version of my front cover, it took me a bit of time to get the layout to be how I wanted it to be, but I didn't have to think about finding a main image or the information that was going to be included on the front cover. Therefore, a lot of thought has still gone into this design but it has a sense of all designs being used in it.

The design is below:

Personally, this is my favorite front cover design that I have produced, however I cannot just go on my preference as this would be biased, so I have gathered some extra opinions off other peers and friends around me...

• "I love this magazine design, if I was to see this in a shop when I was of the suitable target audience, I would 100% purchase this. I think this design is more grown up and eye catching. Definitely use this design".

• "Effectively, this design is way better than any of the others you have designed Mia, you can see that a lot of thought has been put into this one".

• "It's a tricky decision to be honest, I think that this design and your previous final design are both amazing and you've put a lot of time and effort into them both, but as this is your final bit of feedback in order for you to choose the final front cover design, I am going to tell you to take this one forward. It stands out a lot more and the colours put together look really good".

• "I like this design, choose this one to take forward".

After receiving a bit of verbal feedback, it has made me think about the type of design I want to take forward with me to make sure that my magazine looks the best that it can. I have looked back through the previous final design and I have looked at this one, to compare the two and try to incorporate the peer feedback with my own opinion. From this, I have come to the decision that this will be my absolute final design I am going to make my front cover of my magazine.