Potential Front Covers

This was the first cover I wanted to used for my magazine.
It is incomplete as I realised during the making of this that it fails to attract my target audience, does not look like a conventional magazine and is not eye-catching.

However I wanted to continue to use the record element as it represents music and is an obvious symbol. I then wanted to have other aspects of my magazine i.e. the Bible, clothes, shoes and accessories bursting out of record (just as the graphic design) to show to the reader that as well as music being the most focused upon, there will be other sources of entertainment in the magazine to keep the reader occupied.

One of the main aspects of the magazine was the interview with Forever Christ, so then I decided to crop out one of the images I took of a member of the group and use it on the front cover which allows the reader to have an insight to what the members look like if that have not already seen them before. I also chose to use this particular picture because his body language is very comfortable/ approachable and he happens to be pointing in the same direction as the masthead. By having that it could almost create the illusion that he is a aware of the fact that he is on the front cover of the magazine and appreciates it. (It is very common for a person to point at something/someone whilst taking a picture as is shows respect and appreciation).
Lastly, I managed to continue to use the splat/spray feature on the front of the magazine underneath the record which is a theme that I think worked successfully.

Here is another attempt of a front cover.

I very much liked the record idea so I chose to use it again this time without having any decoration in the background, this was so that it would not clash with the picture of all the members of Forever Christ.
I didn’t think this would be a successful magazine front cover due to the fact that having three males along with blue font makes the magazine seem very masculine. By having this it limits my target market as well as making it ender bias. So I chose not to use this either but develop the idea of splats/sprays.