College Magazine Front Cover

Above is the finished draft of my college magazine front cover.  I have used a colour scheme of Blues,Reds,Blacks,Whites and Yellows. I have chosen to use that colour scheme because the school colours are Blue,Black,Red and White, so the colour scheme is in harmony with the school logo.  I have chosen to use yellow on the Puff to make it stand out amongst the other colours, making it eye catching, inviting the reader to read more.


I have chosen to use a large image covering most of the colour as the image relates to the main headline story and makes the magazine more eye catching. The Splash Headline is displayed in a sans font on a diagonal obstructing the main image to make it eye catching to students and less formal. Although, college magazines are also read by parents, so the official school logo and specialist science college logo's are located left and right of the official masthead, which is in formal sans serif font to appeal to this audience also. 


I was aiming for a balanced mixture of formal and non-formal in order to make the magazine eye catching to both parents and students, i believe i have achieved my goal in the finished product by combining formal sans serif fonts with diagonal sans puffs but maintaining the formal school emblems and titles around the masthead.