Develop a Title/Sketched Plan for your own School/College Magazine

My  first magazine layout plan was similar to my design for my Meraki magazine in that there were borders surrounding cover, however on this one the magazine will be completely inside of the border, not overlapping, as this looks more neat and organised in my opinion. The border around the edges is inspired by the National Geographic Magazine because I admire how renound the yellow frame is; if i saw any old magazine with a yellow box I would immediately assume that it's from the National Geographic, and I wanted to remake something as well-known as that. Therefore I think if my magazine had another bold colour framing it, like red or royal blue,  then it would be much more memorable.
I've only included images and their anchoring texts on the left hand side as I think with a school magazine there will be fewer captivating and attention-grabbing images, compared to say a fashion magazine, because a school wouldn't have as many pictures compared to an editorial establishment.
I plan for the tagline to have a decent amount of space and not to be overlayed or shadowed by the title, reasons being I think with the school magazine the tagline would not only promote the magazine, but also the school which is important.

This template is concieted over lots of blog themes I stumbled across on tumblr which concentrate on pictures. I thought that by using images to highlight what is inside the magazine, there's less of a need for coverlines. 

The only written piece on this image is the title, and that's because I wanted this layout to just be pictorial, therefore the barcode might be placed on the back, and the issue date may be placed on the contents page (like Vogue) or on the editors letter page.

My first illustrated magazine layout was inspired by this minimalist cover and I thought that this magazine was sophisticated and proffessional which is effective as schools aim to be like this. This magazine called Minimal provoked my tagline and date to be fitted neatly underneath the masterhead. This layout doesn't include any images aside from the background, this is because I think with fewer cover images, magazines look less tacky and the one center-image looks more special and expressive.

This magazine cover is concepted around the circular shape of the masterhead, which brewed from this magazine and how it contains its title, coverlines, and tagline in a circle. I saw this magazine and thought not only was it individual, but also it suited my sixth form very well, as my school owns a circular logo. I decided to position the coverlines and tagline next to the logo as it will allow the cover image to stand out as it won't overlay it.

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