Cover Developed Draft

I used Layout 2 from my rough drafts for my developed draft, as although itis conventional as I've said, it is the easiest to work around and make look credible. Also the mian problem with my more unconventional ones was the coverlines being next to each rather than in separate columns, and as I was trying out positioning everything it just didn't look like it would work. I do have a feeling however, that this layout might change when it comes to my final piece, as it will depend on most things to do with the image. Like for instance, I won't find out the size or layout of the amp till the day of my photoshoot, so depending on what size and where the Fender logo is (I want it to be showing on my cover like the Chanel zipper is showing on Madonna's Q cover) I'll have to rearrange slightly around this. Also, I'm not to keen on the main coverlines bleeding onto my celebrity's face, but hopefully this will also be sorted as a result of how I position my model.

This is the actual font I'm using, Siple, however it doesn't do all the same functions on Publisher as it does on Photoshop, so these are representatives of what my coverlines will look like. I will experiment more with italics and bold/lightness.

For the colours, it's mostly white and black, sticking to conventions, but then the bright accents bring out the fresh feel, especially the colour of my masthead. Also it's very very similar to the most popular one on my questionnaire so it should be popular with my audience. I'm not sure if there is enough colour here, so I might play around with that a bit, but it does depend heavily on what my model is wearing, and although I haven't decided yet I do have the idea of it being pretty neutral but bold.

So now that I have this fairly detailed draft, which will help a lot when actually making my real cover because it's not just coming from scratch, the next step is my photoshoot!