Font styles

I decided to see what other people thought about the typography I would use on my magazine. I decided to show my title to a range of people that would be interested in buying my magazine,( so my target audience).

I found that just by asking random peers, I found that they prefered the bolder fonts, in which I use on my magazine cover and plan to use on my contents and also double page spread.

FRONT COVER

This is my final copy of my magazine cover.

I am pleased with the final outcome.

I recodnise that my final cover is quite similar in terms of colour and fontography. This is because I realised that the work i had produced for the preliminary task was of the same sort of genre, and I think my work looked quite good, so I used elements that I had already used.

I chose to make the background a shocking neon pink colour as I think it really stands out and would grab anyones attention, it also gives a connotation of being aimed at females, and because of the strength and brightness of the colour, females ages between 15-23. If it where aimed at older females the colour may have been more subtle.

I chose this image of Rachael as I liked the pose she was pulling as it is quite different, and is more interesting than just looking at someone standing upright. It also looks asthough she is singing which is what I wanted as I think it further promotes the fact that the magazine is a music magazine. The fact that she is also holding a microphone also promotes this. I chose for Rachael to wear an all in one black jumpsuit from topshop, and some black ankle boots. I think the outfit is very appropriate as topshop clothes are often linked to the genre of music I am wanting to show, but also the fact that the outfit is black, contrasts well with the bright pink background. The fact that she is showing alot of leg may also attract attention from a male audience who may find it attractive.

I decided to write the word "London" on the background behind in a graffiti style as i felt that it was infitting with the urban new London feel. I had seen it written like this on a cover of Elle magazine and felt it looked really effective and although someone had just wrote it. I feel it again appeals to my target audience that may be the quite arty types.

As for the Masthead, I chose the same font style that I used for the preliminary task. I feel it captures a modern, quirky edgy feel as the letters are big and bold and have sharp edges and a shaddow.

As for the rest of the type, I chose to vary the different styles to make it more visually exciting but to also to vary the size and style. I also chose to make parts of the fonts bigger for more empahsis and attention. For example I made Rachaels name bigger than the rest of the text as I wanted it to stand out against the rest.

Preliminary Magazine Cover

This is the preliminary task that I completed on photoshop, using basic skills. It was the first time I had used photoshop, but I already had an idea about what I wanted to create. In general I think my idea worked quite well. Similarly to what I am creating now, I wanted to make my work look quite arty and fashionable. As we where asked to create a school magazine, I focused more on what would be a textiles or fashion department magazine. I chose the title "Boutons er flechettes" as it is french for buttons and zips, which I thought worked well as fashion is often linked with france and also it generally sounds more interesting than just being called "buttons and zips".

I also thought very carefully about the colour sheme I used. I wanted to be on trend and use fluorecent "rave" ish colours, so i opted for the neon pink colour and the light turquoise blue for the masthead. I think although these colours dont exactly match, the contrast makes it "work".

I also decided to edit the image and make it black and white. I felt the black and white looked very effective in comparison to the bright colour behind it. I also felt that by the main image being black and white, there was more room to play around with colour schemes because most colours will fit the black and white theme. It also gives it a "fashion" "stylish" effect, which being a fashion magazine, it needed to convey.

I also wanted to find a suitable font that also suited the genre of modern fashion and style. I felt the one I chose works perfectly and I really like it and think it looks professional as it has the shaddow effect on it.

I will use this to help me with my final front cover.

NYLON MAGAZINE. FRONT COVER.

Although my magazine is to be a music magazine, I wanted to gain ideas from various different magazines, for example fashion magazines as I feel this would be very closely linked to my magazine. I fet looking at other publications would provide me with ideas on typography, imagery, and colour schemes.
I first looked at NYLON. Nylon is a magazine which mainly focuses on fashion, music and indie culture. It could be described as being an "Indie" style magazine due to the style of clothes and music that it promotes.

It stood out as being different to me as it is always kept very simple. Simplicity is somthing that I would like to encorperate within my own work. This makes the image more of a focal point, which is exactly what I want to acheive. I also find the colour scheme quite interesting. The colour scheme fits/goes with what the model is wearing. The colours range from black, through different shades of purple and lilac, fitting in with the white background.

The fontography is also interesting to look at and makes the magazine look quite quirky and cool. It also higlights what is going to take up bigger sections of the magazine, for example, the main feature is in a bigger font, and the smaller features are in smaller fonts, etcetc.