Contents - Preliminary

Here is a mock up design of my contents page for my college magazine, i researched what convention a contents page should encompass and from this i am able to draw up this idea (CLICK TO ENLARGE AND SEE TAGS)

front cover - preliminary

This is a mock up design for a college magazine, i have taken into account all the codes and conventions of current distributed magazines and applied these to my design to create a cover that i think is composed quite well.



To further improve my design i would change the background image in composition as i think an image where there is more going on would be more interesting and relevant.

Logo Research and Initial design

I have found that creating a sense of corporate identity is key in creating a fan base for magazines, a logo is key, some thing that immediately you associate with the magazine and every thing it encompasses.

in order to understand what conventions go into making a successful logo i must first research existing brands on the market.

Q magazines logo is very simplistic in design but this simplicity makes it very bold and eye-catching, the colour scheme used red and white also adds to the eye catching over all composition of this logo.

Kerrangs logo has a very urban feel to it this reflects the content of the magazine, there is also a tag line with this logo which is a good selling point as it is catchy and short.

Again the colour scheme is red and white, but this logo has a black outline this emphasises from the other content on the front cover, I will consider this when creating my logo.

The Rock Sound logo like the above two uses a colour scheme of red and white, this is a reoccurring theme when looking at logo design, again a black back ground emphasises the white text in the for ground creating a bold over all composition that is eye catching and draws in potential readers.

This is my initial design for a logo, i have encompassed all the features i have found the establish brands used and i think it is quite a successful first attempt at a logo design.

Double Page Spread - Research

As previously stated with in this project i aim to also create a double page spread article focusing on an unsigned act, too successfully complete this task i must first understand the conventions that go into creating a successful and authentic looking article.


i have decided to analyse this spread take from the most popular rock magazine on the market - kerrang!





Upon analysing this article i believe that the relationship between text and imagery plays a key role in making the piece aesthetically well composed, this makes the article attention grabbing and makes people read it.
The layout has been carefully composed, the large sepia image is quite iconic, it also gives you your first insight into the band, giving the reader a glimpse of what the band is about and also allows the reader to illicit what of style of music the band are.
Text also plays a key convention in this double page spread, the variation of font size and styles keep the pieces looking interesting and therefore engage the reader.
There is an over all theme to this piece the sepia imagery accompanied by matching text create a bold foreground as they are presented to the reader on a black background.
From analysing this one piece i believe to create an authentic looking piece i must consider the following key conventions:

• Title & sub headings - font/size/layout/colour.
• imagery - size/positioning in relation to text/ colour
• main text- font/size/