Final design

front cover

I kept my design very similar to my written plan, unlike other magazines the bright colors worked well and didn't make the magazine look too busy or unprofessional. i linked in the color on the headphones to the title this is followed through out my magazine to help the magazine flow and be consistent. I made sure i kept to just 3 colors that i thought were appropriate to the genre of the magazine they also using 3 colors made the magazine not look messy.I also  wanted to keep a consistent theme through out  so just using 3 colors allowed me to do so. i followed the conventions of typical front cover: a kicker,strap lines,mast head,pug and also a bar code. I made sure i Incorporated all of these things as i wanted my magazine to look as professional as possible. the font that i chose for my strap lines look like a stamp you would have when going to a club this works well with the genre of magazine as it is club music. i also used a font which contained palm trees  for the "Ibiza its a new season" as it makes the reader think of the beach and palm trees on tropical island also Ibiza being the main clubbing island.

contents page

I based my contents page on the contents page form DJ mag, i decided to use there's as inspiration as i liked the way they used the colors and the layout, i also thought it looked very professional. I decided to use the purple from the front cover and follow it through to the contents, i thought this would help the magazine flow and keep them linked,I changed the font from the original  plan to "Racer" which it the same font as what i used on the double page spread i liked using the same font through out as it helped the font flow. I think the use of numerous images worked really well, it helps break up the text to make the magazine more relaxed. within in the dance club scene a lot of clubs and bars are in your face bright colors lots of people just having a good a time, i really wanted to show this through my magazine. The use of unstructured imagery helped as it made it look like a party on the page. The use of the bright colors follow the rave theme. Although i don't want the page to look structured everything still fits into place like a jigsaw which is the effect i was going for. The numbers on the images gives a visual reference to the article this is so if the reader finds the image enticing then they can locate the article that follows it. From my original idea i

Double page spread

After looking at my written plan i decided to use the same layout, however after taking my images I changed the font colour, to follow the colours in the images. Turquoise blue was a consistent and vibrant colour which i think stood out, I also thought it was a very "ravey. In the future i would probably change the layout and maybe have one large image covering the one A4 side because i think my double page spread is very text heavy ,I think with the style of the magazine it might work better.