Cover Influences

For my magazine front cover the influences that I had were from popular magazine such as NME and Q magazine The reason I have chosen to use this example as my cover influence is because I like how the title is behind the persons head yet is still visible to the person that is reading the page. Plus the colours are minimal and well used making it easy for the reader to understand and not get bored when trying to read the key information that they need to know. Plus the image that is used is very simple yet affective, it stands out and still keeps in with the music theme with the record that the person is holding. This is what the front of my magazine will look like as this is my cover influence.


For my contents page I have chosen to use this as my influence page, it is form the popular music magazine Q. I like the way that there is one main image to the right which immediately catches the readers eye and one again shows them clearly where to go to read that article. I also like the simplicity of the page and how it uses very few colours but still has a good effect. Plus it makes it easier for people to navigate around the magazine and be able to go back to where they want to go with ease. Also there is only two images on the contents page which why I like it as it keeps it minimal and informative and straight to the point.




For my double age spread I have chosen to use this article for the magazine NME. It has one main image and then a lot of text on the right which is what I wanted as I want to be able to get a good interview in with enough space. But I also want to make sure that the image has enough of a space to make an effect when you turn to that page. It is very simple the layout but i think it shows a good way of laying my magazine out and what I want it to look like when I create it. Plus the colours I have chosen to use will go well with his look as they are minimalistic.