Today I started the front cover of my music magazine using InDesign. I started with the masthead of my magazine which is called "Jah Rastafari." I have chosen this because it is a term regularly used by many reggae artists. I have chosen to use red, gold and green as colours for my masthead because they are colours which are associated with reggae. This will be my theme all through the magazine from the contents page to the double page spread.
I played around with different fonts that I thought it would suit the magazine. I found a font called Ravie and decided to use it as the main font for the magazine because it looks like it has a quirky look to it and belive that it goes well with the type of style that Reggae has.
I also have manipulated my photo so on Photoshop by deleting the background. I have also added some light to the image because there was a little bit too much shadow. I then transfered the picture the InDesign so that I could start my front cover properly I have also started to add some text to the front cover. To finish my front cover, i have to choose a background colour that will contrast with my photo and add some colour to my cover lines.
I will try to design the front cover to attract the audience because of the cover lines that are on the cover. When the audience see the artists that are on the cover, they will be able to relate to it because the artists named are well known. this will then draw them towards the magazine and want to buy it.
