Working progress : Front page construction

This is my magazine cover. The background is the same picture, because i feel this looks the most proffesional, before when i have drafted my main image, i have cut it out, and placed it on a white or coloured background, however i feel this works alot better.

The polka dots will be part of my house style. they remind me of the era, and i have made them slightly less opaque, so that they don't overpower the top of the page.

The logo is positioned over the main title because i felt this looked alot better. Lastly i have decided that the title should be white, instead of black as shown in my drafts.

Working progress- Twitter bar

I have looked at different colours, that correspond to my house style. These are my final favourite two, however I feel that the lilacy shade will work better for my magazine, as it isn’t an overdose of pink, and is more similar to the shade of colour of my cover models dress.

What i want to feature in my front page!

Main cover articles

I have decided to feature the following articles (As shown in my draft)

"The new makeup trend"
This is again attracting my target audience, most typical girls like makeup, and they may or may not be interested in this article, however it is one of many, so i want to give them alot of choice in what they can read in Maverick magazine.
"All about Bonnie"
This relates to my main celebrity on the front cover. I am using this as the main article in order to anchor the image. This has to be done so that the audience know what the image is about, and if they are interested then they may want to read on, and more information can be giving by the images anchorage on the front page.
"Music Mania"
This is to relate my main page more to the music side of the magazine, because i don't want this to be non existance, as it is the brief for this task.
"Blast from the past"
This is looking at the vintage music side of my magazine, i want to interest the reader by finding out more about the actuall past, by giving them information on it.

Newest drafts!

My magazine: slogan/selling line

Most magazines have a selling line, as  this basically is a small slogan which compliments the magazines title, and genre, and helps towards the selling of the magazine, and getting people interested. In the case of Maverick, i wish to use the following selling line :

"Standing out from the crowd"

This relates to my magazine title, "Maverick" and that people who read my magazine, will gain enough confidence, to want to stand out from the crowd for a positive reason, which may be their taste in music, or fashion sense.

My magazine: Colour scheme

These are the colours i wish to use in my magazine, they may differ slightly, however i like this range of colours, as they are quite feminine, and typical for the gender i am aiming my magazine at.

My magazine: Audience profile

Age

The targeted age of my magazine will be between 17-25. They will be people who have an interest in this type of genre. The magazine will be aimed at typical girls who enjoy hair and makeup, clothes and fashion, and vintage!! and of course the musical side of things also!

Gender
I may have initially wanted to target my magazine, at both genders, however i decided that i could make it easier by aiming it just at women and girls, because it is hard to satisfy both men and womens needs in one magazine. You do not see this done often.

Education
The people who read my magazine, will have an average education. It is not an advanced read, however it is not to the level of a 10 year old either, because some of the language and terms, may not make sense to younger readers.

Other interests
They will be interested mostly in vintage fairs, vintage life, vintage homes, vintage cars, vintage hair and makeup, people who have a vintage look nowadays, and basic the vintage lifestyle with a slight modern twist.

Lastly... Musical taste
Their musical taste will be music that is vintage, or music that has been remixed or changed slightly in order to create a contempoary look on vintage music. They will also like people who are doing this at the moment.
This is Lisa, she likes the vintage fashion, and also the music, with a more modern twist! She likes wearing polka dot, and full skirts, typical of the time. She likes to have her hair and makeup in the style of Marilyn monroe, and always looks sophisticated. Aswell as vintage, she is interested in typical girly things! She loves watching musicals, and enjoys Jersey boys, and dream boats and petticoats!