The document analyzes and compares the cover designs of three music magazines - Rolling Stone, NME, and Kerrang. It discusses the layouts, use of images, fonts, and color schemes on each cover and how these design elements are used to guide the reader's eyes to the most important information and sell the publication. The covers employ techniques like large images, bold colors, and staggered text sizes and placements to emphasize key artists, articles, and branding in order to attract readers' attention.

1. On the front of this
rolling stone magazine,
it clearly shows an
image of a famous
singer called, Lorde, she
is layered over the name
of the magazine which
could imply that she is
more important than the
magazine and that she
will be the main thing
that will sell the
magazine.
As you can see, all of the
writing on this magazine
are different fonts and
sizes, the size of the text
symbolises how
important the text is,
the text which says
“BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN”,
is in bold, large, red
writing which draws the
audiences eyes to it as it
is an important piece of
information. However,
the other pieces of text
which are just in black,
small font can show that
that piece of
information is not very
important to the
magazine.
The colour scheme for
this front cover for the
rolling stone magazine is
very bold and striking.
This is a good method to
get the audiences
attention to key points
of the magazine, as you
can see, the title for the
magazine in in black,
white and red. These
three colours alone will
stand out an awful lot
against the plain white
background.

2. On the front of this NME
magazine, it clearly shows
an image of a famous singer
called, John Lennon, he is
the largest piece of the
magazine which implies that
he is the main thing that is
going to sell the magazine.
The cover is a Z layout, the
human eye reads from left
to right, meaning that the
audience will automatically
read from the section that
says “NME” to the section
which says, “iconic Photos”.
Naturally, the human eye
then goes diagonally across
the page, on this cover, your
eyes will go to john
Lennon's eyes and then to
his name on the bottom
right hand side.
The colour scheme for
this magazine is in my
opinion, very vintage and
pastel. Which relates the
the artist in the main
cover. The main picture is
in black and white which
then makes the title and
other information stand
out as it is in a brighter,
more outstanding colour.

3. The cover of this
KERRANG magazine is a
Z layout, the human
eye reads from left to
right, meaning that the
audience will
automatically read
from the section that
says the title
“KERRANG” to the
section which says,
“This is the best show
out there”. Naturally,
the human eye then
goes diagonally across
the page, on this cover,
your eyes will go to the
bands name, “green
day” and then through
out diagonally towards
the “New Albums”
section. The way this
magazine has
positioned all of its
information is in a very
thoughtful way as they
have left gaps empty
where the audience
wouldn't’t look, and
filled the background
with a picture of a very
famous band lead
singer.
The colour scheme for
this cover is very
outstanding and
instantly gets the
audiences attention.
The more vibrant
colours like yellow have
important information
in them so that it draws
the audiences eyes
straight to that section.