Final magazine cover

This is the final front cover for my music magazine.

I chose the masthead 'Loud' because I wanted something that was associated with music and I thought this would be the best. I previously did some research to get some inspiration, however it was unsuccessful as I didn't like most of the potential names for my magazine.

I chose the colour scheme to be black, blue and white because I think they all work really nicely together and I was planning on doing black white and another bright colour to make it stand out.

Overall I tried to change the layout a bit from my draft because I thought the draft looked a bit boring and I thought I could use the space that I had better, for example putting writing on a slant and placing the issue number inside the masthead.

I wanted to use various fonts throughout the magazine cover to make it look more professional and to make it look more interesting. However I didn't want to use too many fonts because I didn't want it to look cluttered and a bit sloppy, overall I think I avoided this.

I prefer this cover to the draft as its more interesting and fun. I wanted my talent to pose like Lana Del Rey who was the model of my draft, because I really liked the position she was in and I was planning on using a close up for the cover photo. The main idea behind my talent was that she had a hidden smile like Mona lisa. I have made sure this idea is constant throughout the magazine, including the photos and also the DPS article. The reason behind using a smile like Mona lisa is because 'Susie Lockwood' is taking a break from music so you don't know if she is happy or sad about the decision she has made. 

I changed the edit on my background image because I didn't like the lightness of it. I prefer this edit because it is more natural and looks better as a front cover.