My Layout

For my layout I have created something that has everything my flat plan wished it to, I have my large bold masthead which I chose to do in white and red as it is a common convention, along the right side of the page I have added in the features of the magazine, I used a red font with a black rectangular graphic behind each of them to make then stand out and also this is quite common to be used on front covers of magazines to help the font stand out from the background. I made sure that the black rectangles all had the same amount of space between the first and last letter of the text so that it looks neat and professional. Underneath the masthead I added a feature story to give insight I as to what is inside the magazine, for this I actually used a play on words, the artist the article is about is called “Notorious Biggie” often shortened to “Notorious B.I.G” and because his music was so widely respected in the hip hop community it is all of his notorious big hits that are listed in the article. As a common convention I added the artists name in the bottom left corner, for this I chose the color red as it signifies power and is a bright eye-catching color. As another convention I added a barcode but I also added a QR code which can be scanned and will link to a website I created for my magazine.