Front Cover Research

Before designing my front cover I went away and researched existing college magazines. I wrote up what I learnt in bullet point form in Microsoft word which I have embedded below.

 

When I was creating the mock up for my cover I was still unsure as to which image to use.  I created a design on Powerpoint that could work with either cover image. I tried to include all of the key features that are common in magazines such as bar codes and a bold title.