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'Love' is a twice-yearly compendium of inspiration - for designers, for artists, for anyone looking for visual ideas; for anyone who loves fashion and design so much that they want to climb inside the heads of their heroes.
Fashion is part of a creative cross-cultural dialogue and, for this reason, 'Love' opens its readers to the most exciting developments in music and art as well as fashion to reveal the shape of tomorrow's aesthetics in its purest form.
Apart from 'The Independent Fashion Magazine', 'Love' has been one of my main inspirations. In the post below I will be explaining why I like and dislike each of the pictures in the above image..
Image 1: I like how colour is used in this picture. The blue masthead looks really really effective against the black and white image and background. This makes the masthead stand out and catch the on lookers attention straight away. When making my magazine I will be making sure that the masthead on my magazine front cover will be bold and noticeable.
Image 2: The model and the pose on the front of this magazine is extremely good, I think. The pose that the male model is doing has a lot of attitude and it is also gives the main image a 'rocker' vibe. I also like how the image is black and white, this also makes it have a 'rock 'n' roll' feel to it. The black and white goes well with the red masthead and cover lines also.
Image 3: This is the last image, in the selection of 'Love' magazines. Beth Ditto, an American singer-songwriter, most famous for her work in indie rock band 'Gossip'. She has been an outspoken advocate for large women being body-positive and has been regularly photographed as an editorial model. The pale background works well and I think when making my magazine I will most likely be using a pale background also. As well, I like the cover line font and how on the right-hand side of the page there is a list of all of the people that are features in that issue.
The magazine 'Indie' also known as 'The Independent Style Magazine' has been my main inspiration when thinking of ideas for my future music magazine. 'Indie' is an Internet fashion magazine, published quarterly on the Internet. In this blog post I am going to talk about each of the different images in the picture above and explain my likes and dislikes..
Image 1: I really like the colours used in the magazine cover. The pale blue background ties in with the pales colours the model is wearing. I also like how a prop, the glasses, is used to emphasise the image on the page. Overall, the magazine's front cover is very effective.
Image 2: Again, like Image 1, a prop is used. This could be a positive thing if you want the prop to be the main focus of the image, but this could also be a negative thing if you do not want this. I am considering using a prop with the model I use for my magazine. Overall, I like the idea of using a prop.
Image 3: On this cover I like how a male model is used, and I will most likely be using a male to be my model. The pose 'Luke Worrall' (the model) is doing, I also like. It is very serious and almost expressionless glare. Overall, I like how the model looks on the cover.
Image 4: In this image I like how the colour is used and how the model in the cover image is wearing a scarf with red colouring, and the short cover line on the cover is also red. Overall, I think it looks awesome when the colour in the picture ties in with the colour of the text.
Image 5: The model on this particular front cover is standing in a corner. This is good as it adds more thought into the image, and a sense of being trapped. When taking pictures for my magazine I will have to think about location.
Image 6: Although this image is in black and white it is still quite effective. The pose that the model is doing gives me a sense that he is vain and mysterious. When taking pictures for my magazine I will have to think about the pose my model will be doing.
Image 7: The main thing about this front cover is the colour. I like how it looks like there are lights shining on the model and that there are two contrasting colours being used, red and green. When shooting for my magazine I will have to think about how light is being used.
Image 8: This is the final image in these selection of pictures and the colours are very neutral. This is good because all the colours tie in together. Overall, I will probally be using more bold colours rather than neutral to make the cover stand out more.
