Magazine inspirations

Suffolk MagazineThis is one of my favourite regional magazines that I have looked at so far as I really like the look and style of the Masthead. I really like the idea of having it all in capital letters yet the first letter being larger than the rest. I also like the main image as it dominates the whole page and is something that a lot of people would enjoy and find interesting as not many magazines use a picture of a deer as the main image and the fact that it seems to be looking at the ‘audience’ makes it that bit more interesting too. I also really like the colour scheme of this magazine, as like I want mine to use, it has a very ‘autumn-like’ colour scheme with the browns, greens and oranges. Also the addition of white as some of the text colour adds that bit of brightness to the page which makes it look a whole lot better when contrasting with the darker background colours of brown and green. Something that I disagree with on this front cover is the decision to use a large block-colour banner at the bottom of the page. I find that this takes away from the experience that the audience has from the main image as it seems to clash a lot with the rest. Also the white colour used makes it seem a bit bland compared to the rest of the page as it contains multiple different images. I want my magazine to turn out similar to this one as it is very effective in getting the audience interested, with the use of the image and the colour scheme used also ties in with the theme of the magazine as an entirety.

Northern Life MagazineI have also been inspired by this magazine too as I think the way the image has been taken is a very good idea, with it been taken from the opposite side of a lake. I also like the image because of the main focus point of it is a very small portion, and the rest of it is surrounded by other scenery such as the sky and trees. I think this is a very good idea as it provides a lot of space for other things to go such as bits of text like the sub-headers and other images. This also makes sure none of the text is overlapping the main part of the image and doesn’t take attention away from it. I also like the smaller images as they are just placed on top which saves space as they don’t need a reserved part of the page for them. I think this is a good idea as it helps with consistency too as all of the images work well together because they all are in circles that are the same size as apposed to having different sized images placed throughout the page. I also like the colour scheme of this magazine as it also uses the ‘natural’ colour scheme with the light greens and blues, however this one is more like summer with the yellows and brighter variations of the colours. I have taken inspiration from this magazine too as I really like the look of the image used and think I will do something similar to having the main focal point of the image smaller with a larger border around it to fit in texts and other common conventions used on regional magazine front covers.