The first thing that I was almost certain of when designing my magazine cover, was that I wanted only one, short coverline. This was motivated by Dazed and I-D magazines, which both advocate this structure. I think it's urban and modern, and it is more personal as it summarises the issue of the magazine or describes the artist. All the magazines which have a similar structure tend to have been made in a similar (and recent) time period, like Tank which was created in 1998, or I-D which was made in 1980, therefore I can assume that this layout is popular with young people which is preferred
considering the fact that the median age of a Cherry Bomb reader is 19. Additionally most of these magazines use a head shot so we only see the models face, however I wanted to show her jacket therefore I opted for a mid shot and she was instructed to turn fractionally rightwards to the camera, which added more dynamic to her face making it a key part of the picture.
The main colours of the magazine are yellow, orange, blue, and purple. Colour is a pretty key part to making the front cover non-boring, and the colour of the jacket is the reason why I chose a mid-shot. Blue and purple are analogous, yellow and orange are also analogous, however
blue and orange are contrasting and purple and yellow are contrasting. I made these colour choices for a range of reasons... Firstly, purple and blue look good together so I wanted the artist to stand against a blue background. Secondly, I thought that these colours blended together too well and instead I wanted them to stand out, so I thought contrasting colours would appropriately do this. The majority of my blue and purple photos were the best pictures, so I also figured that if I used a purple, blue,
orange, and yellow colour scheme, I could probably continue this concept till the double page spread. The shades of yellow and orange I chose are mustardish and offish to some people, but quite daintily pretty and chillaxed to me, so I think they'll be percieved a variety of ways. Before choosing the shades, I was searching google images for magazines popular in the 1960's, and I found that a lot of them supported these shades of yellow and orange. I think this appealed to me as 'old magazines' are not typ ically a fascination for young people, apart from possibly youths who strive to enjoy things outside of
the mainstream, and so re-using a feature of old magazines will probably be enthused by Cherry Bomb's audience.
I chose to make the coverline "evolving" partially because this word is interesting and captivating, and it makes the audience wanna know exactly what is the context. I mainly c hose to make the line "evolving" because it suits the colour scheme... The orange and yellows are oldish (inspired by the 1960's), the blue is modern and relevant to today (as block colours are trendy), and the jacket is futuristic (because it is holographic). So the link with evolution is the transition of colours.
The first thing that I was almost certain of when designing my magazine cover, was that I wanted only one, short coverline. This was motivated by Dazed and I-D magazines, which both advocate this structure. I think it's urban and modern, and it is more personal as it summarises the issue of the magazine or describes the artist. All the magazines which have a similar structure tend to have been made in a similar (and recent) time period, like Tank which was created in 1998, or I-D which was made in 1980, therefore I can assume that this layout is popular with young people which is preferred
considering the fact that the median age of a Cherry Bomb reader is 19. Additionally most of these magazines use a head shot so we only see the models face, however I wanted to show her jacket therefore I opted for a mid shot and she was instructed to turn fractionally rightwards to the camera, which added more dynamic to her face making it a key part of the picture.
orange, and yellow colour scheme, I could probably continue this concept till the double page spread. The shades of yellow and orange I chose are mustardish and offish to some people, but quite daintily pretty and chillaxed to me, so I think they'll be percieved a variety of ways. Before choosing the shades, I was searching google images for magazines popular in the 1960's, and I found that a lot of them supported these shades of yellow and orange. I think this appealed to me as 'old magazines' are not typ ically a fascination for young people, apart from possibly youths who strive to enjoy things outside of
the mainstream, and so re-using a feature of old magazines will probably be enthused by Cherry Bomb's audience.
