I took around 50 pictures for my front cover and scrapped almost 30.

Some of the ones which I didn't scrap and thought about using were:

I liked the fire in the darkness in this one, and the slight blur which makes it look like I have horns.

But I was too obscured for the image to be much use.

                                                   
This image I liked, however it's too dark and if you can see it there's an acoustic guitar in my hand. Not the right one for a metal magazine unfortunately.

Front Cover Of Music Magazine

I believe I succeeded in making use of the limited space I had, and any space left works into the front cover. However I did not incorporate the images of Rage Against the Machine or the text on the Right Hand Side properly and they look poor as a result.

The Background image is suitable, and I like the look of the posterise effect, allowing for Bullet for my valentine.

A subtle touch I put on this was the "CHAOS" logo worked onto the guitar using GIMP so as to imply that the picture of me was actually a picture of someone from this fictional band.

I am satisfied with the effects of colourise and blur that I used on the Title.

My magazine will cost around £4.00

My magazine will consist of around 120 pages

My magazine will be sponsored by Thomann guitars

Possible Names:

Rage-Bold Red

Mosh-Steel Grey

Chaos-Undecided Colours

Sludge (Kerrang style alternative)-Toxic Green

Awe

Metal Artist

Metal Virtuoso

RAW

Pure Metal

Playing With Fonts:

Original from "dafont"

Edited in GIMP, given a blur effect

Further edited in GIMP, "O" hollowed out



Sponsors Of Metal Hammer

Published by Future Publishing

Sponsored by Scuzz, as advertised on Scuzz music channel

Sponsored by Thomann guitars



Metal Hammer

Target Audience:Mature Teens and Young Adults

Price: £4:25

Extras: Free CD's Posters and Stickers

Kerrang

Target Audience:Mostly teens

Price:£2:20

Extras:Posters and Stickers

Classic Rock

Target Audience:Adults

Price:£4.50

Extras: Free CD's Posters and Stickers

My Proposal

My Proposal

 

I intend to produce a music magazine in the style of the magzine "Metal Hammer" this magazine explores the music genre of metal appealing to both those that enjoy the more mainstream metal bands and those that enjoy the metal bands more suited for a niche market.

I also looked at the magazines "Kerrang" and "Classic Rock" but did not go into as much detail exploration of them as I already had Metal Hammer in mind.