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For my cover I used other magazine conventions such as the masthead. The masthead is important in grabbing the attention of the reader when they first look at the magazine in particular when placed behind other magazines. Unlike the masthead used by NME, which only uses red lettering in front of the picture, I used yellow-orange lettering in front of a black box to allow a contrast between colour and the black so it stands out more and so it can be seen clearly as the background image uses the same yellow colour. The colours used in my masthead comply with the colour scheme of my magazine (pink/yellow) and relate to the music which my magazine promotes. The sizing of the masthead is similar to that of the one used by NME. Because both conform to their colour scheme, they stand out because of the prominence of their scale in comparison to the other text on the front cover the consistent colour scheme then allows the reader to not be too distracted by the masthead and allow them to focus on the coverlines of the magazine. The font used in my masthead is Bellbottom laser with the text warped to create the aesthetic associated with psychedelic music particularly from the 60s era.

Coverlines give more information about the feature article as well as other articles within the magazine. The feature article on the front cover is very dominant as it is in the centre of the page in large text - because there is no central focus in the cover image, the feature article coverline doesnt cause any inconveniences in where it is placed in relation to the image. The text used in the feature article is Matura MT Script Capitals and the other coverlines use Poor Richard; both texts connote again to the style of font used in psychedelic culture.