Final double page spread

This is my final Double page spread. I again, stuck to the theme of black purple and pink to match the other items. I am happy with how it has turned out, i like the use of images.

Final Contents Page

This is my final contents page. I am pleased with the final copy as it looks how i wanted it to. I stuck to the theme of pink, purple and black to match the front cover. I tried to make the layout easy to read and spaced out. The image of La Roux is very effective, as it looks live and colouful and bright and matches the neon colours i have used throughout my designs. The image in the middle which i took myself at a party, breaks up the contents nicely and also adds effect.

Final Front Cover

This is the final design of my front cover. I am pleased with the end result, i think it looks bright and attractive and has forfilled my imagination for this project. I think the image on the front gives the right impression for the magazine. I think the theme of pink purple and black goes well and gives a sort of electro image to the mind. I am pleased with the masthead i made, i like the sort of chipped away effect of the writing i made, it gives it an edgey feel.
I got various feed back about my cover, such as :
One classmate :"I like the colours and the lay out, it looks very planned out. I would maybe make the writing larger, some of it is a bit hard to read."
also :"Your magazine looks very interesting, as i like these bands that are on it i would deffinatly read it."

Annotations of contents pages

I looked at NME amoungst other magazines i had collected, to analyse and get ideas for contents pages. I noticed a pattern, and features that all magazines have, and noticed all magazines have a totally different theme and idea to each other.
Analysing gave me a great idea for my own contents page.

Idea for front cover

I used publisher and photoshop to come up with a basic layout for my front cover usuing my drawn designs. This was just a basic guideline to help me develop and process the cover further. I later went on to develop the masthead and add further details and items to the page.

Rough plans/ideas

Here are some rough ideas i sketched to help me think about and develop my layouts on the computer. It includes front cover, contents page and double page spread.

Pictures i took for magazine

I plan to use this image of La Roux i took in february when i went to her concert. I like the lighting in the background.








I took these pictures in the photo studio, using the right light settings and trying to achive the right kind of angles for the shot. I dressed my model in clothes sutiable for the type of magazine i am creating. I am happy with the pictures as i think they look very cool.

Here is a rough desing which helped me to clarrify the genre of magazine.



I decided to design and get ideas on mastheads i would use for my magazine using photoshop. These designs have helped me to think about what kind of masthead i want

I decided to research and analysie mastheads to help me with designing my own magazine

Electro/Techno Collage

I have made a collage to represent the genre of magazine i have chosen.I chose the genre of electro/dance music, which is quite a trendy genre, popular with young people and something i personally like so would therefore enjoy researching. I made the collage vibrant and attractive, with images of artists associated with this genre. I think the collage successfuly captures the vibe of the music genre and has given me a lot of ideas for my magazine, and also colour schemes.

3rd Annotation

2nd Annotation

First Magazine Annotation