Music Magazine Cover Development

These are the stages of design after reading my feedback. My first design change was remove the banner from the top of the page and include this underneath the title as a tagline. I then began changing the fonts to thinner text, as this made the page look more spacious and professional. The words 'exclusive interview' were reduced in size and a pull quote was added in the space remaining. This is also another typical media technique used in most magazine covers. I change the design of the 'best 10 acts of 2010' majorly, creating a more professional and smaller cover line. The text includes italics and bolder writing, so that the words 'best 10 acts' and '2010' are the ones that catch your eye immediately. I moved this cover line down to the middle of the page and place the sticker at the top of the page. I altered the textre of the sticker using gradient and fill tools to make it look more realistic and not just a circle on the page.