This is my analysis of two of the more popular Acoustic magazines. Despite them being the two most popular they couldn't be any more opposite, whereas one focuses on acoustic artists, the other focuses on the instrumental side of acoustic music showing that there can be very different audiences even if they share the same taste in music genre.

Magazine Cover

Masthead

This is my masthead, I haven't changed it from my original draft.

I decided to name my magazine 'Recess' because it's another term

for what we call "break". By having this masthead I feel it is an easy to remember masthead as it is quite simple. My masthead is the colour red with a black stroke/outline which is a good colour scheme.

Pugs

My pugs use the same colour scheme as my masthead, it is red with a black stroke/outline and has black text on the inside. My pugs relate to an aspect of the school. Both of my pugs are used to try to attain the reader's attention so that they buy the magazine.

Front Cover Final Design

The final design of my front cover came together quite well and I think that considering it was my first attempt, and my first time ever using InDesign and making a magazine cover that it went decently well.  The colour scheme of my magazine front cover is mostly red and black as I feel they work well together as a colour scheme. My main image was a Sixth Form student who is also studying Media this year, I decided to use him for the image because I felt he suited the image of a school magazine as he is higher up in the school and works as an example for the younger pupils. My masthead is the same as it was on my original draft, but the font was different to my original draft. I haven't got a logo because I was stuck as to what to use for a logo on my magazine cover. I used a gradient for the background to try to make it look more professional as originally it was just plain white which I wasn't a very big fan of so I added a gradient which faded between white, grey and black this helps to make my magazine look a lot more attractive to the eye. Overall my design is a pretty simple design but maintains the grid layout through the way I have placed my subsidiary images, sell lines and pugs around the main image that is placed in the middle. I am quite pleased with the outcome of my first attempt at a magazine front cover.

This was my initial layout for my magazine and the design was what I had in my head, as you can see my masthead is 'Recess'. On this draft I  haven't actually put actual text in the sell line boxes or put any images in the subsidiary image boxes... Or even a Pug in the Pug box simply because this draft was purely used for layout of my magazine. From this I was able to imagine a basic outline as to what I wanted on the front cover of my school magazine which made the process of creating the magazine a lot easier for me.

Where as here, this was my second draft with the pugs filled in and the sell lines and subsidiary images all drawn in. I also changed my main image to have two people, whereas the first draft only had 1 person. I decided to change it to two people because to me it took up a lot more space and looked a lot better. I now also have two pugs instead of one to make the magazine more appealing to the eye and to make it seem as if there are more interesting things. I also now made a logo for my magazine which is the 'R' in 'Recess' to attempt to make it seem more appealing to the viewer reading the magazine. Some things that I didn't add that could increase the realism of the magazine are a price tag, or maybe even a barcode. I also could've made the logo a bit bigger and bolder so that it's easier to locate that it is 'Recess' that is the masthead and it is the 'R' that is the logo. Overall I think my second draft was an improvement on my first draft but I still think there is room for improvement.