Planning - Front Cover

Here are some hand drawn ideas of what I want my front cover to look like. The first draft has a masthead at the top which is conventional for a music magazine. The price and issue number will be underneath so the readers can see it easily. The barcode will be at the bottom which is conventional. The main image will be in the center to show it'll be the main story and it will grab peoples attention.

In the second draft the masthead is on the side. This isn't conventional in a music magazine so it would be interesting to see if it would attract more readers or not.