Research

To help with my research, I looked at a lot of magazines to see the different layout's, pricing and quality they used and also information about the companies themselves, such as target audience and the sales which they have created. The research was very useful as this gave me a good idea on how I was going to design my front cover and dps.

Magazine Covers


What I have learnt from magazine covers, is that you need a bold image. This will will catch the reader’s eye when they are looking for a magazine that they would like to buy.

I think it is best not to crowd the front cover with too much text, so the reader can clearly see the message I am putting across to them and it will really stand out. It is a good idea to have subtitles to let the reader know what features are inside the magazine so they will want to pick it up and read what it is all about. There might be a time when the reader doesn’t like a certain artist who is the main feature, but may be drawn to a subtitle instead and buy the magazine because of that.

As it’s a first edition, it is important to encourage my readers to buy it, so I am offering a free copy of the Raising Hell album by RUN DMC with every purchase. I chose this freebee as RUN DMC was my biggest influence when creating this magazine and are the main attraction to old school hip-hop, rap and style of clothing. I noticed that the majority of the magazines all seemed to have a similar style e.g one big picture in the centre of the front cover with writing around it and a title at the top of the page.