7th draft front cover

This is an improvement from my previous draft of my front cover and boxes have been added to make things stand out more on the page.

6th front cover draft

This is the draft that I like the best because I have added a header,footer, more articles and a three colour scheme.  

Price

I have looked at three music magazines and will use these to determine the price of my magazine.

Kerrang costs £2.20 and is published weekly which is a price they have decided on based on what they feel is affordable for their target audience.

Rock Sound is published monthly and costs £4 which works out as just £1 a week.

Classic Rock is published once a month and costs £5.50 per issue which is £1.37 per week which is more expensive than Rock Sound but is aimed at a different target audience within the rock genre.
I have decided that my price will be £2.50   and it will be published bi-weekly

lighting

I will try to use a mixture of low key lighting (right) and high key lighting (left)

5th draft front cover

I have changed it so that most of my articles are the same size as the others.

4th draft front cover

I have added one more article but it is smaller that the rest which i will change

3rd front cover draft

I have added a pull quote and a QR code but still need more articles

2nd front cover draft

I need to put a pull quote on this draft and also need to put more articles on the front cover

Screenshots 1st draft

From the top left to bottom right i created my first draft of my front cover. Top left image is the background. Just below is background with image added. Next I added the masthead, then 1st article and the next two images are another article and the price.Next was the Issue No. Then came a description of the main feature and finally came the headline of the main feature

1st Draft front cover

I don't like how little space there is for articles and will change this for my next draft and my masthead is small

DP Spread images

I have written near the images what I like about them and what I don't like

Potential front cover images

I like these images for my front cover and have written what I like and don't like about each one

Kerrang Top 40 24th November 2012

01. Castle Of Glass - Linkin Park (-)
02. Stray Heart - Green Day (up 2)
03. Unity - Shinedown (-)
04. Madness - Muse (down 2)
05. Here Comes My Man - The Gaslight Anthem (up 1)
06. Reckless - You Me At Six (down 1)
07. Temper Temper - Bullet For My Valentine (NEW)
08. Stingin' Belle - Biffy Clyro (up 3)
09. Burn It Down - Linkin Park (down 1)
10. Higher And Higher - The Blackout (RE-ENTRY)
11. Trying Not To Love You - Nickelback (up 2)
12. We Bring An Arsenal - Lostprophets (RE-ENTRY)
13. Days Go By - The Offspring (up 2)
14. For Baltimore - All Time Low (NEW)
15. Loverboy - You Me At Six (RE-ENTRY)
16. Jesus Walks - Lostprophets (up 1)
17. Save The Nation - Royal Republic (NEW)
18. Rize Of The Fenix - Tenacious D (down 10)
19. What Could Have Been Love - Aerosmith (NEW)
20. Surprise Surprise - Billy Talent (down 11)
This is a top 40 from Kerrang which is based on  airplay across Kerrang! Radio, Kerrang! TV and actual chart sales complied exclusively by The Official Charts Company.