Mastheads
This is the background colour I later used for my final design when making the Masthead, it is a very deep red and black surface with a rough edge to it, I believe this bodes very well with the genre of music my magazine is revolving around. It also fits very nicely with the rest of the page, and later the double page spread where I continued the same graphic style.
This is the Advertisement I used on my banner, as the banner is not a completely straight figure across the top of the page I placed this pop out 'bursting' out from the top right of the page, at a vertical angle - almost cross cutting through the masthead itself. This effect is used on many magazines within this genre of music, especially Kerrang!.
This is the final masthead for my front cover. As you can see the masthead is being cross cut through by a picture and almost by the 'EDITION #007' effects I have implemented. However I still believe it is a very successful masthead.
As in a previous post, this is a masthead I designed and later went against. This was due to many reasons, the background image did not suite the rest of the magazine, it would have been at too much of a contrast to keep it as it is. However if I would have simply changed the background, the shade of blue, the 'FREE' writing and also the picture, would all have looked out of place, and the overall masthead did not look well presented. Hence why I created a much simpler masthead that I believe delivers a much more potent effect to the front page of my magazine - providing the viewer with all they need to know about 'freebies' and also the information about what they will receive within the magazine.
Front Covers
This is a front cover I originally made very early on when first starting my project. It provided me with a lot of vital information when I eventually came to making my final front cover piece. Many effects that I used on this rough copy I genuinely followed through with and used on my final copy. Such as the band name almost 'splashing' in from the left, from research and analysis I concluded that this was a very attractive feature, and the contrast of colour it brings to the background and main graphic style makes it a great addition to any front cover.
This is my final front cover, and the expansion from my initial design, I believe, is monumental. It provides much more impact on a viewers eye with a varying contrast in colours, all of which maintaining a similar graphic pattern. The pictures are manipulated much better, and the font is at a maintaining high standard throughout. The masthead provides more information about advertisement and freebies and the title stands out a lot more, as one query I had with my initial design was that the title was not potent enough within the page. However I believe that now the title is very much the main attention grasper for the cover, bringing a simple yet vibrant colour to attract the viewer.
