First Draft - Front page

After designing the masthead, I went ahead and designed more of the front page including taglines and a slogan. Below is the picture:

I have changed the colour scheme slightly for this draft compared to my planned colour schemes and have instead used blacks, whites and greys. At first I liked the look of this color scheme, however I have come to realize that the lack of other brighter colours might not look as nice or as effective. This is something I will most likely address in my next draft.

I have used alternating blacks and greys on my left hand taglines to distinguish from the tagline and the brief previews of the articles.

I have also boxed out the list of artists that are in my magazine. I did this so that the artists names stand out better against the background and are much better at catching the eye of the reader, and making the magazine more enticing.

I do not have a cover image currently but I will add one as i progress.

Update:

I have now taken pictures to use for my magazine and have added one of the pictures to the front cover of my first draft.

After adding this picture I could see straight away that i needed to change the colour of the text of the articles on the left hand side because the black text was blending into the picture. I have also noticed that there are spaces around the persons head that may need to be filled with more articles so that the page doesn't look too empty. I did consider increasing the size of the photo and zooming in closer to the face, however this would show less of the guitar. I will work on these problems and make any other changes in my next draft.