Production: First draft of front cover (PC)

This is the first draft of my front cover, done on photoshop. After doing this I asked members of my audience to rate what they thought of the cover so far.



Positives:

• Like the fun symbol that the competition is in - connotes a fun, informal side to the magazine and draws the readers eye.


• Like the colour scheme - doesn't appeal to only a single gender i.e blue for boys, pink for boys. In fact it almost specifically targets both genders as the purple could be seen to attract more girls whereas the light blue could attract boys.


• Like the Exclusive Artic Monkeys CD Preview that is in the top left - draws the reader's eyes and the exclusivity of the preview attracts a wider audience as it gives them something that other magazines don't.


• The language is informal - appeals to the teenage audience and the small, sharp amount of information allows the reader to see (and get a general idea) of what is inside the magazine without having to read big, bulky text.
• Like the slanted masthead idea - conntoes a fun and informal side.