Magazine Covers

Now that I have finished my Album Cover, I thought I'd start with my Magazine Cover.

I wanted to keep things simple because many in magazines like NME and Q (indie magazines) tend not to be over the top and actually use simplistic images and merely sell for that alone. With that, I wanted to keep the text big and bold to have that as the main focus with the selling point  to the right demographic.

Having looked at previous years magazine covers that used the indie genre as well have used this technique and many have had a view/location to look at with the band name and album (or song) being sold larger than what it would be elsewhere.

Having the location as the main point I also wanted to include an image of myself (as If I was in the band) because that means the audience and readers of magazines would be attracted to it more and curious as to why the person isn't the centre of frame?

I chose this because many artists do in fact use themselves in their magazine cover. However, challenging this real media I wanted to not be the main focus and purely sell for the name and the band, many of which old indie artist and to do before the rapid adjustments to technology and social media.

Here are some examples of Indie Artists magazine adverts:

 Doesn't use any artist to promote their album

 This I found interesting because it uses the water in the background, something that is in my advert as well and having the band's name at the top of the frame.

Again no artist or band and it just selling purely on the art and it's name, including a single name. Which I have included with mine as Wash. 

This is an example of an artist who is selling with their own face and intact the same picture as the album cover but still has as strong emphasis on the name at the top.