Front cover

When I was choosing the fonts for my front cover I wanted a style that would represent the themes of my magazine. After experimenting with fonts I decided on Mister Sirloin Bt Rare The font is always in capitals, which suggests that it should be said loudly, and some of the letters seem to be distorted which connotes noise.
Vince Fox is written in Dragline which looks sketchy and hand drawn, I think this works well with the article as it is about the artist being personal. The O in Fox is actually a graphic that represents a circle of blood along with the splash at the end.
The colours I chose are ones that are normally associated with modern rock. The red had connotations of danger and excitement, on the title for the feature article the red is used to represent blood which is explained in the article. The grey is darker and makes the red stand out more on a shelf. I have used the same colours throughout so there is consistency and a house style.
The image is of the single artist “Vince Fox” normally on the front cover of a magazine the subject in the main image would be looking at the camera but I have broken this convention to make the image relevant to the article. The article is about the artist’s deep thoughts and revealing secrets or things he has never told before. To portray this, the subject is looking away from the camera into the distance as if he is in deep thought. The image is large so the magazine stands out on a shelf and the face of the subject is framed by the other images and subheadings. The other two images are connected to and article about guitarists so obviously had to contain guitars. At fist the images were too bright and didn’t look right on the dark cover, so I lowered the saturation of them, so the colours were less bright, they compliment the overall effect of the dark cover.
To make my front cover look as professional as possible I have tried to stick to the conventions that magazines usually follow. The main things most magazines usually follow are, the masthead at the top with a large image taking up most of the page underneath, and surrounding subheadings that give information about the contents of the magazine. All of these aspects should reflect the tone and theme of the magazine and are all used to draw the reader in, and to make it stand out on a shelf next to other magazines. I have followed these conventions and as a result the cover looks professional. The only convention I broke was the subject not looking at the camera but I merely twisted this convention to make it fit round my article.