Magazines: Front cover practical project
Research
1) Use Google to research potential magazines that you could use as your brand/design for this project. Create a shortlist of three potential magazines and upload an example front cover from each one. We recommend looking at lifestyle magazines or a similar genre as these are more achievable to re-create.
PAUSE Online
Men's lifestyle
SWAGGER magazine
2) Choose one of the three magazine brands to use for your project e.g GQ, Vogue or The Gentlewoman. Then find three different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blogpost. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines written? What camera shot is generally used for the cover image? You need to become an expert in the design and construction of this magazine and its branding.
- Bold, modern, clean fonts
- Large capital letters for the masthead “SWAGGER”
- Sans-serif typography creates a stylish and confident look
- Cover lines often use thick or condensed fonts
- Occasionally uses italic/script fonts for a luxury fashion feel
- Main colors usually black, white, gold, silver or red
- Dark color palette creates sophistication and exclusivity
- Strong contrast used to make text stand out
- Minimal bright colors to keep a premium aesthetic
- Clean but striking layout
- Masthead placed prominently at the top
- Cover lines arranged around the model without covering the face too much
- Focus on fashion, music, confidence and celebrity culture
- Symmetrical and organized composition
- Language style is bold, confident and aspirational
- Uses short, impactful phrases
- Headlines designed to grab attention quickly
- Fashion and music influenced vocabulary
- Often sounds exclusive and high-status
- Cover lines written as sentence fragments rather than full sentences
- Important words capitalized for emphasis
- Uses quotations, numbers and dramatic wording
- Direct and energetic writing style
- Cover image usually medium close-up or close-up shot
- Focus on facial expression, clothing and confidence
- Direct eye contact creates connection with audience
- Model often posed confidently to represent status and individuality
USED STYLE OF MASTHEAD ON THIS FORMAT OF "SWAGGER"
Planning
1) In your blogpost, write your main cover line (also called the 'main flash') - this is the main cover story that links to your central image. It must be 100% original - all your own words.
'RAHUL KAPOOR 2026 EXCLUSIVE
2) Briefly plan the image you will need for the cover - model, costume, make-up, lighting etc. At this point, simply describe the image you need to capture.
Natural lighting used, Rahul's own fashion style, Rahul Kapoor as the model, no make-up used during photo shoot, unique pose that SWAGGER implements into their magazine covers ( greenery / nature )
3) Write the cover lines and any additional text you need for your magazine cover.
INSIDE THE PLAYLISTS DEFINING 2026
RAHUL KAPOOR ON FASHION ,CONFIDENCE AND CREATIVE FREEDOM
STYLE . CLASS . LUXURY.
STREETWEAR MEETS SOPHISTICATION
4) Sketch out your cover on plain A4 paper using your written planning. Take a photo of your sketch and upload it to your blogpost.
Photoshoot
We will do a photoshoot in class next week with lighting and backdrop. However, if you prefer you can arrange your own photoshoot for the cover image in your own time - you can use your phone or your own camera to take an image. If you don't have a phone or camera that is suitable, you can sign out a camera from Mr Ray.
1) On your planning document blogpost, state the date, time and location of your photoshoot and the name of the model or photographer you will use (you can choose anyone to be your cover model or you can be the cover model yourself).
Wednesday 6th may , apartments outside of the school , Rahul Kapoor ( model ) , Daffyd Dobbs ( photographer )
1) Once you have completed your design you need to save or export a copy as a JPEG image. Then, upload it to your blogpost.
2) Upload two genuine covers of the magazine you have used and put them next to your front cover. This is a brilliant way to check how professional your work looks alongside the real thing.
3) Write a short evaluation of your work: have you succeeded in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine? Does your cover stand up alongside the genuine covers of your chosen magazine? How professional is your work alongside those genuine examples?
I feel asif i was able to implement some aspects that would make it seem semi professional along side the other magazines, it does stay within the bracket of style that swagger magazine uses. In conclusion i feel asif i have succeeded in making a new original edition of SWAGGER magazine.
4) Finally, what would you do differently if you completed this assignment again?
i would add more text around the magazine and implement more unique fonts to ensure the same quality that swagger uses.
Wednesday 6th may , apartments outside of the school , Rahul Kapoor ( model ) , Daffyd Dobbs ( photographer )
1) Once you have completed your design you need to save or export a copy as a JPEG image. Then, upload it to your blogpost.
3) Write a short evaluation of your work: have you succeeded in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine? Does your cover stand up alongside the genuine covers of your chosen magazine? How professional is your work alongside those genuine examples?
I feel asif i was able to implement some aspects that would make it seem semi professional along side the other magazines, it does stay within the bracket of style that swagger magazine uses. In conclusion i feel asif i have succeeded in making a new original edition of SWAGGER magazine.
4) Finally, what would you do differently if you completed this assignment again?
i would add more text around the magazine and implement more unique fonts to ensure the same quality that swagger uses.
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