Evaluation Of Magazine Cover

MAGAZINECOVER

We were given a task to create a front cover a magazine that resembles a current magazine.

We had to take our own photos, and use photoshop to create the text/objects/ect for the cover.

The cover which I decided to Replicate, was the GQ magazine, with Robert Pattinson.

The colours used in the cover were, red, grey, and white. This stuck to the regular standards of a magazine, and looks professional. I did however use a black colour font, which matches the tie, in the picture.

All of the colours in the front cover match the clothes from within the picture, this makes the magazine, look stylish, and sleek.

I think because the colours are so matchy, it relates to the fashion side of the magazine, and because the colours are mainly greys, blacks and white, its sophisticated and mature, which relates to the older teen, to the middle aged, male audience (18-30).

The cover lines in this cover are mainly tech, and clothes related, which relates to men, as it is a mens magazine. The main points the publisher wants to highlight, are coloured with red, which matches the magazine title.

Because the magazine title is over everything, I think it relates to the new readers, as well as the older readers, for example, take a typical Rolling Stones cover ;

The Rolling Stones title is behind everything else. This is because the magazine is relating more to its current readers, because they already know that the title says rollingstones.

I think the best title layout, is the way GQ present their title, because it's striking, and new readers can relate to it.