After all of my research and having my overall style in mind, I drew out a flat plan for my music magazine's front cover; here is a deconstruction of my drawing.
Masthead: For my masthead, I wanted some very original and simple with a twist. After researching a lot of Kpop magazines, I noticed the most common words in mastheads 'Star', 'Pop', or 'K', known in Kpop or Kfashion. I decided to include the iconic 'K' and 'Star' to create 'Kstar'. Inspired by magazine 10asia+star, I wanted to add a symbol like they use the '+' plus sign. I came up with the idea of using '@' because it can link with Instagram and Twitter usernames, giving it a modern feel to my masthead. The '@' can also can be seen as an 'O', creating a double-meaning masthead as in 'OKstar'. Most Kpop magazines place the masthead in the center of the top of the cover, complimenting the simplicity of the rest of the text and layout; This also inspired me to place my masthead in the center and even though it challenges conventions, it makes my Kpop magazine seem more realistic and professional in Asia. The placement of the issue number and date is to be lined up underneath the masthead for a neater look.
Background: For my background, I thought about how I can express the genre of Kpop. I went back to my survey for my audience research and looked back on the answers I got from my target audience of the things they first think about when they think 'Kpop'; many spoke about the crazy, bright effects that could relate to the electric elements of the music. I thought of the concept of glitch and VHS to show static and movement. To make it more 'Kpop' and link further to my survey answers, I wanted to make it bright and look like computer-screen pixels, mixing and merging colours together. This way I can create a contrast from the bright, busy front cover with the simplistic-style contents page like magazine 10asia+Star does.
Cover Star: Because I am not exactly sure on what I would like the pose of my artist to be yet, I drew out the type of shot it will be instead. I have chosen a shot in between medium close-up and a close-up, this is because I want all of the attention on my artist's face, makeup and shirt that she will wear; this is also one of the most common type of shots for solo artists in Kpop magazines. The model's angle of gaze will be at the camera because this technique is very effective, drawing the reader in more.
Cover lines: Taking inspiration from real media texts, I have decided to place my cover lines around the cover star and not on top of her. This will make sure that there is no unbalanced negative spaces on my front page. However because Kpop magazines have a common theme of minimalism, I will not place too many lines of text and make my front cover look too busy, again inspired by the magazine 10asia+Star.
Asian elements: Although this magazine is a Korean-English translated, I still want to keep hold of the Asian vibe to express its cultural background. I plan to do this by adding small text in Hangeul throughout my front cover, inspired by many magazines including KPOP LIFE. . For example, on the top right of my masthead will write "Kpop magazine". I also would like each cover line's header to be in Korean; although the reader may not understand it, the captions underneath will explain what it is about.
Anchor: I want my anchor to be bold and contrast from the simple coverlines. It will be my artist's name, YEO YOONJIN however to match some of the colours of my background and make the anchor stand out from the rest of the text on my front page, I will edit the text in a gradient using two colours copied from the background. I have decided to place the anchor in the center of the bottom of my front cover to compliment the masthead.
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