Flat plans for cover of magazine

Below are my two flat plans for the cover of my magazine. Both flat plans are possible layouts of my magazine or guidelines to construct the final product.


1.
The masthead for this flat plan is typical masthead positioning and alignment. This particular flat plan was based upon typical magazine conventions used by all magazine. The position of the masthead also attracts the readers eye flow and gives a better layout to the cover. The reason for the masthead being situated as such is for the ease of access in any store magazine stand and will act the magazines selling point. As for the font etc my masthead was created on Photoshop and will be shown in the construction of the magazine.

The main cover line will be in relation to the main image and will act as a caption whilst using colloquial language to promote a main story and entice readers to read more.

The main image will consist of an image of an artist I photograph. The image will also follow common conventions used by all magazines across the globe, it will take up to 85% of the page and will most likely be a mid shot. The main image will not act as a background in this flat plan as I decided to leave white space for professionalism in this layout.

For the cover lines I will focus more on the language used considering there are no images to entice readers or eye flow for that matter I will have to use informal language to suit my target audience.

As for the puff, it will be situated overlapping the main cover line and main image. I will use this as a unique selling point for my magazine and will definitely attract eye flow(who doesn't like free stuff).

The bottom right corner once again will follow with common conventions used by all magazines, this will be the barcode, date etc. etc. Being such a minor feature it is vital to use up as little space as possible while maintaining an easily distinguished layout.

At the bottom center I will add in a thumbnail image of an artist with a cover line. This will be too add extra features to the cover and make the magazine appear as though it has lots to offer and is full of content. Also it adds a better less dull look to the whole cover.
  





2.
The masthead for this flat plan is a little more thinking outside the box. I decided to rotate this to coincide with my homemade masthead. This masthead will grab the readers attention as the layout is slightly different to main magazines, however the positioning itself was an attempt to mirror the masthead used by Q magazine.

For this flat plan I used a little + sign to connect the main cover line with the other cover lines.

I also used a pull quote in relation to the main cover line to further promote readers  and attract them to the main cover line.

The layout itself differentiates slightly from the one above, however as for the rest of the ideas and features mentioned for flat plans, they are listed below and support this flat plan also.