Here is my second draft, as you can probably tell from my previous draft and posts it is completly different. after analysing my feedback I altered things slightly in order for the cover to look more proffessional, clean and minimalistic. I chose to use a border to seperate my image from the masthead, inspired by 'Loud and Quiet' magazine/newspaper. I have changed the font of the masthead to a font called 'Blackout Midnight' which I prefer to my other draft as it was too light and didn't really represent my magazine well. Whereas this font is bold, and could become recognisable with potential other copies of the magazine. the image is also different as i wasn't too pleased with the outcome of the other image I used, as there was writing on the top so there were limitations with tag lines. Therefore I have chosen to use this image of Ellie, as it looks proffessional. I made a few changes to the hair colour, as before it was a very light red colour but i wanted to enhance the colours slightly and make the red more vibrant. I think it looks very natural here, as it is a nice contrast towards the olive green peplum top. In the next photoshoot I will put Ellie in different types of clothing, perhaps a plain black top, that is minimalistic and simple, so the main focus and colour is her hair and lips. I have decided against taglines in this draft as I don't feel that it is necessary to use, however in my final design I might have to incorporate some catchy taglines of some of the indie/alternative singer/songwriters and bands at the current time.
I much prefer this 2nd draft version to the 1st one you produced, i like the simplistic conventions you have used and i think framing the main picture with a border works eloquently in producing that minimalistic look. I think you should try a few different variations in placing your barcode, price and issue no. etc and maybe think about resizing the barcode as it is slightly dominant over the main image. I also think that underneath the 'Rosa Leigh' heading you should have a phrase such as 'Quintessential English Rose' rather than 'Britains English Rose' as i feel that using Britain is too general. But overall, i really like this cover and think it fits the genre and style of your magazine really well. :)
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