Masthead placed behind the head of the main image so it stands out.

The main image is of A$AP ROCKY who is a rapper, so this magazine will attract his fans. This photo links in with the main headline High Life Behind the swag of A$AP ROCKY. He is looking directly into the camera so that the audience will feel a sense of connection. Names of the artists also featured in the magazine. This is a subtle form of a subheading which still tells the reader who is also included in this issue.

The overall gradient of the cover is quite bright and vibrant. The light blue background makes the white text stand out well, and could have been taken from the colours of the sky (Blue, and white for clouds). You could also say that the colours used are to make the overall look of the magazine Soft.

Bar code, cover price and date all used together in one place so the reader can quickly find out if its the latest issue and how much it costs. The bar code is included for legal purposes.

The skyline is included on this magazine, which is placed above the title, at the very top of the page. This is the magazine cover of Rolling Stone, dating back to 1983. On the front cover they have featured Michael Jackson, who was starting the peak of his career at this point after just releasing the greatest selling album of all time: Thriller.

This is different to the previous magazine cover as the main image is behind the masthead, instead of in front. The title of the magazine is well known so they did not have to show it.

The overall look of the magazine cover makes it look old, as the yellow background seems faded and around the edges of the cover, you can see theyve added some marks to purposely make it look this way.

The fan-base of Michael Jackson is very large so this issue would have undoubtedly sold many copies, just because of the image on the cover. The colours used in the headline Michael Jackson Life as a Man contrast with the colours on the cover. The yellow coloured text for Michael Jackson first in with the dark yellow background, and the black text for Life as a Man contrasts with his black hair.

Logo of the magazine is used, however, as the magazine is simply called Q, it may just be the title. It is placed in the top left corner, leaving more space for the main image to be presented.

The date, cover price and issue number is placed under the magazines logo, instead of around the bar code.

Main headline is large to attract the attention of the reader. This issue is dated 1992 which is why the second subheading is titled The stars come out for Freddie (Mercury) because this was just a few years after he died.

This is Q magazine, featuring Jimi Hendrix on the front cover. The layout of this magazine is different to others, as it seems quite cluttered. The main image seems to stand out the most, being placed at the front, covering up some of the background.

This is a puff used to entice the reader into buying the magazine.

This is the contents page of MIXMAG which is featuring 50 Cent. The image of 50 Cent is the largest on the page to make him purposely stand out.

The titles of each page are highlighted in Bold, and the summary of the page is underneath is smaller, normal text. The page number is next to each bold text title so the reader knows where to find the story. This is a different layout to most contents pages which add images with the page numbers in the corner of the image to make it more vibrant, however this magazine have gone for the traditional look to keep it simple for the readers sake. The typeface of the titles are bold but all of them are Sans Serif text.

This is contents page of popular music magazine NME. Straight away you can see this is a clear, organised layout for the page. For this issue, they include many bands, so many in fact, they create a Band Index with all the page numbers beside them. The body text used in this contents page are all Sans Serif typeface. The banner is placed at the top, with the date beneath it to tell the reader if its the latest issue. Advertising is used at the bottom of the page about the reader subscribing to the magazine. This is a clever technique because if a reader subscribes, they automatically get each copy but also pay each time. This is good for clarifying who your audience is.

The news, and main featured pages are displayed down the opposite side of the page so the reader can distinguish which part is which. Bold printed titles are used for each different feature so the reader can separate the different features. The UKs No 1 Gig Guide Starts P58 This is purposely added to make the reader excited to read on.

This is the contents page of Q magazine, dating back to 2008. Featured on the contents page is Adele, who had just started her career at the time, so this wouldve attracted many new readers to the magazine.

Again, the featured pages are separated from the normal pages, so the reader can skip past the basic stories to the main. Women in Music is added to this contents page to attract female readers to read the magazine. It may have been National Womans Day in order for them to include this feature. This shows the reader what to expect every month, as voted by you, meaning the readers voted for what they wanted to see. Q Review seems to be another feature added to review music, but also this could be used to introduce new albums to the readers, maybe to advertise.

This is a DPS from Q and it features the rap artist Jay-Z. The first thing that caught my eye was the sheer size of the red J in the middle of the article. I like this convention because it is unique to other magazines and it actually works because you can see the writing behind the J because the text is black. Another convention which has been typical of Q is to split the picture and the text so the picture is on one side and the text on the other. This edition of Q has 2 drop capitals in the article. There is a 3 way colour scheme of red, yellow and black.

This is a DPS of the music magazine Q. This particular DPS is completely different to most double page spreads as the main picture in this uses one half of the page, and the other side is used for text. I like how Q has evenly balanced the picture with the text so that the article is not picture dominated. There is a 2 way colour scheme in this DPS, the colours used are a lightened green and black. Also the article has one drop capital letter at the start. Another convention in this DPS is the quote, placed in the middle of the text, from George Michael himself.

This is a double page spread featuring The Vaccines. A typical DPS is usually picture dominated, and as you can see on this DPS this is the case with the picture of the band taking up of the page, leaving a pretty narrow column for any text that needs to be written. There is only a 2 way colour scheme which is blue and black. Another typical convention of a double page spread is to start the article which has happened here with the J and F at the start of separate paragraphs. It is not usualy for an article to have 2 drop capitals at the start. This adds diversity to the article as not many other magazines will do the same so this makes the magazine stand out to others.