I feel that this front cover folows some conventions set by other music magazines (such as 'Q' or 'NME') which use the colour red in the title against darker colours in the image. Also, the overall layout is very similar to that of other, well established magazines. I think the main image shows poses and positions of people that are commonly seen in promotional images from indie/rock bands, I think it portrays two elements of this social group, showing both serious and fun sides through the two facial expressions.I'd imagine that most general newsagents would stock my magazine similar to how Kerrang or NME is supplied. I think this is because it's a magazine that has a wide target audience that woulod commonly be in shops like this.
The bold colours and big cover image would be sucessful enough to atract attention, but I think that to encourage the purchase of the magazine the articles on the front are perhaps not as enticing as they could be, however I do think that some of the wording in the contents page might be enough to get the reader to take a proper look inside.
I thought that using indesign and Photoshop was a good experience and it helped me to understand some of the technical aspects of producing a magazine. I did feel that sometimes the slowness of the computers made it difficult as well as the complexity of the programs making seemingly easy tasks become difficult. For example, making a shape that could be used for my "ONLY £2" bit took a lot more time than I imagined it would. I also found it hard using the web for the fonts because I couldnt download what I wanted and keep it on the computer, meaning the font had to be the last thing i did.
I think this task went alot better than the preliminary task as I was in a much better midset for completing the work, and perfecting the design. I did still have trouble with my time management and planning but I think in general my design skills improved and developed.
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