College magazine front cover.(+Evaluation)

In order to create my college magazine I followed a simple example that I found online. my main goal was to create a magazine front cover and contents page that will include majority of the important features of a magazine. I started by taking the image which is clearly not a direct shot meaning the model isn't looking to the front. I thought this would be effective as it would capture the real focus of the student as they do their work. I also thought this would make my magazine cover a bit different from the other covers. I wanted my cover to have a clear colour scheme which is why I tried to make the mast head and all the writing a similar shade of blue to match the picture. however, based on the comments I received I realised that the writing on the cover blends with the image too much making it harder to read and understand.


From looking back at my front cover I think that my picture is the strongest part of the magazine as it is a high quality picture which portrays a highly focused student. However, I think that my use of colour and layout of cover lines are my weakest aspects of the cover as it is unclear for the reader to understand and read.


If I could improve 3 thing I would firstly improve the image.  I would improve the image because if I had a clearer colour scheme  my front cover would be more eye-catching and editing the cover lines would become easier as they would be more readable.


Another thing that I would improve would be the layout. I would improve the layout so that the topics that are featured in the magazine would be more interesting and the layout would not be so unevenly spaced out. The cover lines and puff would all have an equal amount of space on the page. Also I would create a wider range of text sizes and fronts so that the cover doesn't all look the same and the lines don't repeat themselves.


Last thing that I would improve would be the fact that I haven't included all the necessary aspects of a magazine , for example a pull quote. I would add more cover lines and pull quotes as that is what the reader looks at and this would inform them the most about what the magazine covers and includes.