Drafting and Planning: Influences

As my magazine will be largely based off of NME and slightly off of Q, I have had a lot of inspiration from the two magazines whilst researching the different styles of each.
 I personally like the way both mastheads are recognizable and well known, and how each are very simple too. This has shown me the effectiveness of a simple masthead, so has influenced me to do something similar. Here is a draft version of a possible masthead I could use for my magazine (in the real piece there wouldn't be a huge gap at the end, thats just my terrible drawing). It encorporates the simplicity of Q and NME and also includes the usual colour scheme of their mastheads. The background colour of my masthead will dpeend upon the photo i decide to use for my final piece and the font that best suits it.

Q and NME also use nice house styles for their covers. I particularly like The Smiths cover and the Lana Del Rey cover as I love the use of colour on both. I think that both house styles are bright and eye catching and help show the philosophy of each artist also. I have made a draft layout of my front cover to try and encorporate the different aspects that I like of each magazine.