House style for my magazine
For my house style I will need to choose a colour scheme that looks good and will suit the style of the magazines contents and its readers.
For example, my style model - Kerrang! has a very simple house style, but can be changed when doing special editions of the magazine such as a christmas edition etc. Here is a normal, weekly edition of Kerrang!
The masthead is the usual black colour with Kerrang!'s unique font. The usual articles with the main coverline in the middle are the focal point of this cover. The usual cover photo of a band in the background with their name as a banner going across the page.
Below is an example of a special edition of the magazine that shows how it changes from its norm to fit the event such as christmas:
As you can see, the usual black masthead has been changed to the colour red in the theme of christmas. All of the articles are in some way christmas related but still relevant to the music, e.g. "Metal up your Xmass" and "Xmas dinner rock ruck". All of these lines relate to the christmas theme, yet still stays to the style of music in the magazine: Rock/Metal.
For my magazine I will probably be using black as one of my main colours, because it is used on most metal/rock magazines. Another colour I may use is red because it contrasts well with the black and it is a nice bright colour. I will review my decisions when it comes down to the final design.
For example, my style model - Kerrang! has a very simple house style, but can be changed when doing special editions of the magazine such as a christmas edition etc. Here is a normal, weekly edition of Kerrang!
The masthead is the usual black colour with Kerrang!'s unique font. The usual articles with the main coverline in the middle are the focal point of this cover. The usual cover photo of a band in the background with their name as a banner going across the page.
Below is an example of a special edition of the magazine that shows how it changes from its norm to fit the event such as christmas:
As you can see, the usual black masthead has been changed to the colour red in the theme of christmas. All of the articles are in some way christmas related but still relevant to the music, e.g. "Metal up your Xmass" and "Xmas dinner rock ruck". All of these lines relate to the christmas theme, yet still stays to the style of music in the magazine: Rock/Metal.
For my magazine I will probably be using black as one of my main colours, because it is used on most metal/rock magazines. Another colour I may use is red because it contrasts well with the black and it is a nice bright colour. I will review my decisions when it comes down to the final design.
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