my final front cover

I decided to use this image as my front cover image as it is only showing half of the face and this is challenging the conventions of a magazine, also its a bold and bright image which is the look i wanted my magazine to have (so it's eye-catching). I chose my title colour the same as my models lip colour so it reflects on the cover with a few other bits of text i put in the same colour, i also used it because its really bright and it stands out. I decided upon three main colours which is sticking to the conventions of a magazine.

The fonts i chose stand out well and contrast, by placing text on slightly rotated rectangles makes the text stand out and clearer to read for the audience. I have included the usual conventions of a magazine such as the date, price, bar codes, one main image and text to display whats inside (this is what attracts the audience as well as the image).

Because I decided upon my media products audience being fans of pop and also R&B music i had to give the cover a bit of both, so to achieve this look i didn't involve completely big,bold and bright colours and texts, i added in these dark boxes to frame the text which slightly takes it away from being a pop look, the font i have chosen does this as well because it is a big rough edged but then i contrasted it with a girly colour and added in another font which is more glossy looking. My image takes it away from being pop slightly as a pop image would be smiley and wearing bright girly clothes but because i have included bright make up and a glamorous looking model it makes it look slightly pop.