I started of my college magazine front cover with the main background image. Because it’s a college magazine, we wanted the background image to be relatable and nice to look at. With this idea, we did photo-shoots, and the image has a natural look, meaning to give the idea of happy students who are high achieving or who have just passed there exams.

I then moved on to placing the masthead, which IGot from dafont.com. The masthead is a clear black,In bold writing to help it stand out. The masthead IThink gives of a modern look, which links with theName of the magazine CCN. The drop shadow behindThe masthead also helps make it stand out by givingIt a 3D effect.

I then added cover stories to the front of the Magazine to help draw attention to the magazine. I decided to use white, to help them stand out But also this means they would contrast from The masthead and main background image. The cover lines are short, so they don’t detract From the main background image but helps Student create an interest in the magazine And make them want to buy it.

Because I didn’t have much going on at the bottom of the magazine I decided to create something that would draw more attention to the magazine, such as a freebee, or vouchers off something. I started with a long white bar with a drop shadow to help it stand out, and this meant that any font I put on top would stand out and become more obvious than the rest of the cover lines on the magazine.

With this, I then added on top a bold black font to contrast with the white, and because teenagers/students are interesting in music and free stuff, I decided to use the cover line in bold of ‘WIN TICKETS’. I used a font which is similar to the masthead but also had a different and relatable design element to it, because the bottom lines which are cut out of the from remind me of music volume when played on a stereo.

With my front cover filled up, I decided to Add in a bar code to make it look authentic,And also the colour scheme is similar throughout the front cover.Although the front cover is simple and uses a simple black on white colour scheme away from the background image, I think its veryEffective in its purpose of drawing in peoples attention (mainly students) with cover lines and things which interest them.