'Revolution" magazine front cover

This is the design for the front cover of 'Revolution' magazine. I wanted the front cover to look simple, and not as busy as magazine such as 'Kerrang!'. By having little cover stories on the front cover, it also means the person buying the magazine is more focused on the main image, and with the right colour scheme to draw in people attention I think it will look very effective and sophisticated. The shaded boxes on the front cover represent sections, so in the overall design will just be writing floating over the main background image. Underneath the masthead, in a small line will explain what the magazine is about. I wanted the masthead to be big and bold at the top of the page to draw peoples attention and make it more obvious. Because the magazine is of a mixed genre I needed to pick a colour that draws attention to the front cover but is gender neutral. Other magazine like 'NME' and 'Q' usually have a colour scheme of White, Red, and Black, but some special copies of 'NME' have bright neon looking colour (such as the cover with Jimmy Hendrix on the front), which is more of a unique look I want to go for.