Style model

I have decided to base the new magazine on some pages from existing magazines that I have read.

I have used Q magazine for my style model for the front cover of my magazine.

Front cover

I really liked the way that this magazine had broken up the page into sections I felt as though this made the page look ordered and neat yet it didn't look too tidy as that may have been perceived as boring. I felt as though the layout was the type of layout that my magazine needed in order to make it look more aesthetically pleasing.

I also noticed that this front cover had more than one picture which is what my magazine was missing. This is why I think that I should add more image on the new front cover so that the magazine is of a more competitive standard.

I also noticed that the tagline for the magazine was a lot smaller than I had originally had mine so I definitely need to shrink mine down along with the bar code and price as these were also too large on my front cover.

I also noticed that I had not included a quote from the artist shown on the front cover. I further noticed that this was one of the largest fonts on the page in Q magazine; this therefore meant that I needed to firstly add one to my magazine but to also make sure that it was a large enough font to be a prime focus.

I also really liked the diagonal banner that 'Q' magazine had included on their front cover. It stated all of the artists that were going to be included in that issue. I felt as though this would be a good feature to include on my front cover as it advertises the artists and persuades the readers to buy the magazine as their favourite artist may be included inside.

Contents page
I didn't want to use a style model for my contents page as I felt as though it was individual in its design and it  would be hard to find a magazine that I could link my new design to; however I will use my analysis and research of the existing magazines to make sure I include all of the appropriate features that are expected on a contents page.

Double page spread
I didn't want the layout of my double page spread to be made from a style model as I already thought that the page layout I had made was of a professional standard however I added features to the existing design that I had seen in other magazines I had seen. For example I saw the idea for the 'further listening' in lots of different magazines but mainly in 'Q' magazine. I also noticed that the quote from the artist was really important as I hadn't seen many Q&A article without one which makes me feel like adding the quote from the artist is a priority.