Planning Task Three : Masthead Design

 I have made some conceptual designs for my magazine's masthead and strapline using Adobe Photoshop.

The first masthead uses Orator Std. The first strapline uses Century.

The second masthead uses Almaz. The second strapline uses Social Media.

The third masthead uses Sitka. The third strapline uses Eras Light ITC.

While I like the formatting of the masthead and strapline in example 3, I don't think the fonts fit the identity that I am trying to create for my magazine. Similarly, example 1 looks a little bland and the lettering seems too far apart but I like the idea of putting the strapline on top of the masthead. Out of my 3 concepts I like example 2 the most- from the font to the placement of the strapline.

Planning Task Two : 60 Second Pitch

Planning Task One : Magazine Title and Strapline

 

After conducting my research, I have concluded that my target audience listen to electronic and pop music so my ideas come from this background. I think "Jitterbug" is a suitable title for my magazine. It fits the theme of music and I think it encapsulates the feeling of electronic music well.

for the strapline I tried to reference electricity directly but I ended up choosing "the eye of the musical storm." This will solidify the connection to music in my magazine through the wording, but also referencing thunder with the saying "the eye of the storm".