Asma Begum

RESEARCH AND PLANNING

INSPIRATIONAL MAGAZINES
Below I have shown three magazines that have given me an encouragement to designing my music magazine.




EBONY

THIS MAGAZINE WAS INSPIRATIONAL TOWARDS MY MUSIC MAGAZINE BECAUSE OF HOW EVERY THING WAS LAID OUT.

WITH THE HELP OF THIS LAYOUT, I HAD MADE THE FRONT COVER OF MY MUSIC MAGAZINE.

http://www.ebonyjet.com/

VIBE

THIS MAGAZINE COVER WAS A INSPIRATION TOWARDS MY MUSIC MAGAZINE BECAUSE OF THE USE OF CONTRASTING COLORS WHICH HELPS THE WHOLE MAGAZINE ITSELF STAND OUT.

ALSO THE USE OF USING A FEMALE MUSIC ARTIST WAS AN INSPIRATION BECAUSE NOT MANY MAGAZINE FEATURE WOMAN AS THE FRONT COVER.

http://www.vibe.com/

XXL

THIS MAGAZINE HELPED ME TO CHOOSE THE COLORS OF MY MAGAZINE. IT SHOWS THAT RED, WHITE AND BLACK GO TOGETHER QUITE WELL AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY MAGAZINE. THE LAYOUT OF THE MAGAZINE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE LOOKING AT.

http://www.xxlmag.com/

ANALYSIS OF MUSIC MAGAZINE FRONT COVERS

Below I have compared two different music magazines and have shown in detail the conventions that are shown on the magazine front cover. This research was done so that I know what conventions are included in magazines and therefore when I start producing my magazine, I can use them.

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MASTHEAD RESEARCH


As my music magazine is based around the hip hop genre, I decided to choose a graffiti styled font for my masthead. Below are three different designs that I had looked at for my masthead.

From the three fonts above, I have decided to use the third graffiti font. This is because this font is more bold and stands out compared to the other two.
The first font is more goth/punk like and the second font isn't bold enough to stand out on the magazine front cover.