Here is my magazine development of my front cover layout.
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I really enjoyed developing the front cover layout as I can experience with different typefaces, colours and layouts to see which suits better. Creating rough sketches of my layout plan helped me to expand my creative thinking throughout the whole development process in attempt to deliver an effective message for my intended audience. Initially, I wanted to go with an elegant layout with the use of typeface that are seen sophisticated that feels very formal, classic and luxurious the moment the audience see the front cover magazine, but realised it didn't suit that much considering my target audience is for teenage girls.. This is due to my model's pose being less feminine. At the end, I'm keeping the same layout but change the typeface and colour to match the main image better. Additionally, in order to prevent any blandness from my whole front page, I added a hint of light purple to the main coverlines and masthead to emphasise the text to pop up more, but still making sure the model is still the center of attention. Developing an attractive front cover magazine is extremely crucial to create a good first impression from my audience when viewing the front cover when it is displayed later on, where other similar magazine designs are being showcased as well. Therefore, I need to create a design that is eye catching enough for the audience to be captivated and entice them to get to know my magazine further and dive into the content. I used my previous knowledge during class and self research regarding the essentials of a successful magazine by paying attention to details and every choice I made in order to achieve this.
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Barcode Research
After some research, here is the type of barcode I typically find in magazines. The requirements for a barcode for magazines differ slightly from the standard UPC bar coding for other retail products. The reason for this deviation is that the magazine industry requires the ability to differentiate the different issues of a given year's magazine. The 12-digit barcode on the left is the standard UPC barcode, while the right side referred to as the periodical barcode or issue supplemental and identifies the issue of a given year. The supplement may be published either monthly (01-12) or weekly (01-52) depending on the issue.
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Draft Sketches
Here are the front magazine layout design sketches I have thought in mind:
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Development
This is the main image (size: 148 x 210 mm) I will be using for my front cover in which I have edited in order to enhance the lighting and add a suitable filter to it. I make sure to add borders (10) so that all the elements I will add later will be aligned.
From this part, I asked for suggestions and comments from my teacher to see what I can improve with this layout design. Since my main coverline is "The new fashion sensation: CHARLENE", I was told that it needs to be bigger so it will be the first thing that caught the audience's attention after the masthead.
After further editing and final check, here is my final front cover magazine:
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