This document analyzes the design elements of a magazine cover featuring an artist. It discusses the use of color schemes between the cover image and background text, the sans-serif font used for the masthead and titles versus the serif font for the body text. It also examines features of the main cover image like the angle and how it ties into the dark background. The lighting and contrast used in the photography is described as creating interesting shadows. Design principles and the magazine's house style are also summarized.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Centre
AS Media Studies
Foundation Portfolio
Colour the cover uses white pink and blacks
throughout the text, whereas the main image
uses a variety of shades in a more natural or
rustic tone, these two colour schemes are very
different and only link into each other through
the dark wall behind him. Similar to the arctic
monkey’s article we can see a high contrast
image layer against a dark background showing
the mode more effectively
Masthead The main title uses a bolb sans serif
font, similar to the arctic monkeys article,
however this uses colour less, only
highlighting the artists name in a bright pink
colour which contrasts against the black. This
varies to the previous as there is much more
text contained in the title itself.
Typefaces Similar to the previous article a sans
serif font is used for mastheads and titles
where as a serif font is used for the main body
of the text. This has been done for similar
reason to the previous piece to assist with
reading and clarity
Main image The main image also uses direct
address, as does the arctic monkeys article.
However this image has been taken from a
slightly higher angle compared to the
previous, which is eye level. This also shows
much more of the artist rather than cutting off
his chest and depicts him sat on a chair, this
ties into the black masthead through the dark
wall behind him, but the leather chair
contrasts.
Photography Lighting the lighting on this cover is a
from the left hand side, showing his right side more
brightly and with a much higher contrast this creates
interesting and harsh shadows for the darker side
helping to give a more intimidating and unique look.
Compared to the first page the image is a lot darker
and reveals less of what the artist represents.
Coverlines this cover uses a drop cap to
mark the beginning of the article, using a
much larger
Design Principles Used?
The guttenburg design principle has been used
in some ways for this page, the text starts in the
strong fallow area, leading towards the
model/main image. The main article has been
placed in the least effective area due to the way
if interest hasn’t already been captured by the
title or image, it is unlikely to be read
afterwards.
House Style
The house style of this magazine is shown both in
the use of colour and the layout, a border has been
placed at the top to indicate the article which is
being read, this contains black pink and white
colours which are in a font that’s similar to the rest
of the magazine.