Cover page ideas.

I have been very inspired by the clash magazine covers, all issues are very similar and keep their style the same through every magazine. The fonts do vary in the issue by all are very similar, the mast header 'CLASH' is always the same font but the magazine issue title and text on the magazine fonts are all very similar and big they fill the rest of the page that the image isn't filling.

For my cover page looking at clashes magazine cover pages i want mine to look similar. I like their big, bold and type writer fonts they use, also the layout of the text on the page i want to copy even the placing and positioning of the car code i wish to copy. Although i plan to copy this style and layout of the clash magazine i also want to be able to put my own mark on my magazine cover design, make it more my own but influenced by this magazines style and layout design.

Weekly target.

This week i plan to start designing or redesigning my cover page, start playing with new and old ideas from my draft with the influence of clash magazines design. Being as i although have done my potential design of my contents page i need to now follow that design throughout my magazine, taking the clash designs into account as well but placing my own mark and ideas into my own magazine cover page design as well.

Ideas of fonts.

Clash magazine use capital letters for text on both the contents page and cover page, i have copied this idea. I wanted my text to be typewriter but i also wanted it in capital letters that make text more bold and powerful on a page, so i want to use the font Alien League. But i shall only use this font for the contents page and cover page the double page spread however like clash they use a different font for their article text, which i have decided to use Courier New for my article font and it still looks like typewriting.  

Inspiration for contents page.

This is the contents page design for clash magazine, they use this layout and design for every magazine issue but in different colours depending on the issue even if it doesnt match their cover page or double page spread design. I really like this simplistic style, its really effective being as the contents meant to just say whats in the magazine it does but in a really sophisticated style. I want to copy this style but put my own mark on it for my magazine, to do this i shall play around with colours, different fonts, the text used, adding different items to the contents page. But having this contents page design i shall need to make me cover and double page spread like similar but incorporate the fonts used on the contents page, just to help make all pages look like they are from the same magazine.

Weekly target.

This weeks target is to make the improvements my teacher has made comments on my draft, then play around with new ideas to use. As i am more influence by clash and their magazine styles i want to make my magazine design look and feel more like clash. I shall need to do some research into clash magazine and then influence their style into my magazine more by altering my ideas and changing my draft.

Style of magazine's

I am very influenced by i-D magazine's style, i love how all its cover pages are brief and simple, they never give much away about the main article. I also love how the i-D stands for a wink face and every artist they have on the cover page is always winking or look like they may be winking, it has made its own stamp and is recognised for its winking cover photo. From this i want to have my own stamp on my magazine like the winking to make magazine look and feel unique from others. This magazine style is so stylish and simple but serious, and thats what i want my magazine to be like, so basic that its dramatic and cool.

I am also very influenced and inspired by CLASH magazine. I love their style of fonts and layout through out all their magazine, they will suit my genre as their style is so unique and different. They are very striped back and simplistic as well, as most images are simply but effective and layout, their text gets straight to the point. 

Language register of magazine

With my magazine i want to be taken seriously when it comes to interviews or article about artists but in general throughout the magazine my language will sound cool, chilled and informal. This is because i feel that my readers will take real the serious matters like an artists life story seriously but still have that cool chilled feel about it that even the younger generation can really connect with the language and information my magazine will provide. I chose this language register because of the magazine I-D and clash that always use this style of language they sound cool but are taking seriously with the information they provide in their articles they provide in their magazines.