First Draft - Front Cover

This is my first front cover draft I have firstly called in Relic as within my surveys the majority of people chose this name and also it was my favourite as I felt it gave that edgy twist to the pop genre that I was aiming for. I have placed it in front of the model as i feel that the name is the most important feature and convention out of the whole magazine. It is what makes you recognisable and differs you from any other product. 
Furthermore I have decided to go with a mid shot of my artist as when researching other magazines like Billboard and NME the majority have done mid shot and close ups. When doing my surveys they also agreed that they preferred this image to the other pictures I took (shown in previous blog post). They felt like they had the most connection with the artist in this shot and this was the main reason for choosing this picture. The eye contact the model gives seems to appeal with the audiences something which I was aiming for when taking my pictures. 
When editing my pictures I only used pixlr which could be a disadvantage to my magazine and in my other drafts I will change and try to use a variety of softwares so that I can find lots of different editing skills to bring about the best possible outcome. However when using this website I fist of all cropped my image as it was originally a long shot and so I edited it to be a mid shot. Also I added in the different cover lines that had bold wording like "top 10" and "first interview" to make the audience feel that my magazine was special and was the only one to have these features in it. I took some of these conventions from other pop magazines like Billboard and alternative magazines such as NME and Q. I used this method also as in my survey the audience revealed that they wanted cover lines that "stood out" to them and to make them want to read it. 
Next in pixlr I stuck to the same font family being "sans" and again only used three different types of fonts as I didn't want the audience to become to overwhelmed with the front cover and feel like there was too much on the page. When looking at pop magazines like "top of the pops" I felt like this was the case and so I tried to avoid that from happening.