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rough magazine cover mock-up

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This is a very rough mock-up of the magazine front cover. It includes the magazine cover (masthead), the main cover line as well as some other smaller cover lines that wont be as important than the main cover line. The cover will also include the main cover star that will be slightly covering up the logo to in order to emphasise how the cover star should be well known and recognisable. The main cover star will also be wearing traditional "street clothes" such as hoodies and black jackets in order to link to the main theme of rap. the cover star will also be shown in front of a plain brick wall so that the cover can invoke the feeling of an urban street, while not being a distraction for readers. The cover will also show off the magazines' social media accounts as well as the magazine website. I made the decision to use the colours of black and pink, as the black colours make the magazine seem more serious and less child-like, while the pink makes the logo stick out mo

magazine profile

Magazine profile from Thomas-Taylor

music magazine analysis

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I have decided to focus on music magazines as I have came to the conclusion that video game magazines would be incredibly difficult to create original content for as I have no proper art or CGI software that could be used to create the content. however I will continue to research video game magazines as they can still be helpful for researching themes and font etc.

magazine questionnaire results

Questionarrie results from Thomas-Taylor

magazine font

Magazine font from Thomas-Taylor along with these points the magazine's font should keep a consistent theme with the music that is being displayed. for example the font on a rap themed music magazine should not have large, colourful bubble, font.

magazine colours

Magazine colours from Thomas-Taylor

target audiences

Magazine target audiences from Thomas-Taylor

current thoughts and ideas

current thoughts on what type of magazine to create currently i am more leaning towards creating a video game based magazine, however being unable to use existing characters and intellectual properties is making me unsure. I'm also considering creating a tabloid styled magazine or a music based magazine as it would be easier to create new "characters" by simply taking pictures of people i know and giving them a different name for the magazine, pretending that they are famous or a music star.

magazine mood boards

Magazine mood boards Magazine mood board from Thomas-Taylor

magazine analysis

Video game magazine analysis from Thomas-Taylor