Cover Draft

Draft One

Here, I used the image of the model pointing towards the left while looking at the camera, because it's a nice front page image that can be played with to make it seem like the model is pointing at text.

Draft Two

Staying with the dark blue and red colour scheme, I've added a strap with the model's name on it for him to point at, and left space for an actual headline. A slogan for the magazine was also placed beside the masthead.

Draft Three

For this draft I went for a darker hue that matched the contents page more. Features have been placed to beneath the masthead and at the bottom of the page. The issue number and date are at the top of the page where they'll be easily seen, but they shouldn't take attention away from the masthead.

The headline 'Against the Wall' has been added to match the photograph of the model. A button displaying information for the prize sits by the bottom of the page.

Conventionally, the bar code has been placed where it won't attract too much attention. It's accompanied by the price, which was decided by the audience research questionnaire.