Preliminary front cover

This is my preliminary front cover page, i have made this as a guidance for my magazine. On this i have added in a title, tag lines, bar-code & price and a main image. 

Preliminary contents

This is my preliminary work of my contents page, this is a quick mock up of what my work will look like so i have a rough idea on what to work on/ towards. For this i have adapted to a basic design with the page numbers and what is on that page, as well as that, i have added in a title and a main image.

Preliminary double page spread

Double page preliminary from GeorgeAnderton21

My plan for the week

For this week i will be writing my final evaluation, for this i will be working along side my seven draft questions to make them better and more detailed.

My plan for the week

At the start of this week i will be handing in my final magazine after doing some small changes to the double page spread. Also, this week i will be researching into some magazine institutions to find one which would publish my magazine. I will then be making a collage to show the development of magazine, for this i will also write a short paragraph about it. Next, i come onto my evaluation for this i will write a shot post on the inspiration from the Fader magazine. Also, for my evaluation i will be writing seven draft questions.

Photo ideas after marking

My plan for the week

For this week i will wait to get feedback of my magazine then i will be working harm to improve and change what i need to. Also, i will need to take some more photos to add onto my contents and double page spread.

Favourite magazine covers

My plan for the week

For this week i will be working on my magazine to improve it and add new conventions to make it better, also i will be doing some analysis of some existing magazines, this is to help me learn what i need to add onto my magazine to make it look professional.

Travis Scott

Travis Scott is an American Hip-hop/rap recording artist and producer who has had huge impact on the music industry, as he's brought out hit tracks such as Antidote, Pick up the phone, Goosebumps and many more. He has also worked with huge names such as Drake, Quavo, Metro Booming and the Migos. As he is such a big, iconic figure for the genre, he gave me inspiration to choose and create a hip-hop magazine. Also, on the side of music he's done a lot of photoshoots and modelling which gave me some ideas for my own photos.

My plan for the week

For this week i will begin with doing some research into existing magazine titles and taking some ideas from the design of them. Also, i will be looking at some hip-hop/rap artists such as Travis Scott, this is to help me get an image in my head of who i want to feature on my magazine. This research will include looking at his back ground, what he looks like and what his music is like. Next i will be looking at many different photos to give me inspiration.

Double page spread flat plan

Contents page flat plan

Front cover flat plan

Photos I might be using

My plan for the week

For this week i will begin with taking some photos of my model so that i have some to work with and i can decide from them whether i need some more. Also, i will be creating my front cover, contents and double page spread flat plans.

First plans

Draft article

Lil Fabes, also known as Fabian Jamal Rennalls JR, is back. The rapper everyone loves is now releasing his first album in just under 5 years, down to him getting sent to St Louis prison. The 22 year old will be releasing his album later this month. The album consists of 12 songs that tells the story about his life whilst growing up on Colden Avenue, in the Bronx of New York. The artist has covered the dark times in his relationships between him and his mother, and the struggles between the gang crimes that surrounded him. This news has stunned fans and got them screaming; people have been waiting years for this and now the King is coming back. Along with the album, Lil Fabes announced he would be touring in early 2018, starting in his home state then moving over America.

His Music Career started off, when he found the love for making beats on his old DJ Set in his bedroom and practicing his rapping in his old, dusty mirror, cramped in his childhood bedroom. When he realized he had talent at such a young age of 14, he sent endless amount of raps and beats off to various records labels, radios and other artists so he could be noticed and hoped to sign a deal. However, nothing major worked out for him; apart from one small radio station in his local area, which played music for up coming artist. Months past and nothing came about; Fabian still sent his music in to record stations in hope of finding a break through, but again nothing major happened. He then started to think music wasn't for him and should go and work at his granddads printing company. On the 28th January 2012, at the age of 17 his dream became a reality. As Jay Z was the first to realize his talent after hearing his short rap, ‘life’s not long enough’. Jay Z soon signed him up to his record label, Roc Nation. Later that year Lil Fabes released his first mix tape ‘Born a Winner’. This mix tape shocked many hip-hop fans, his distinctive voice stood out from everyone else and everyone loved it. Soon after that he released his second mix tape ‘They didn’t see me coming’, Fabian said that this was the mix tape to prove himself, to show the music industry he meant business, and it’s fair to say, he sure did that. 

Many months past and he brought out a few songs and also clabbed with his ‘father figure’ Jay Z and also Lil Wayne. His name was growing massively in the industry, and in mid 2013 he was about to get much bigger. With the release of his first album, Dark Sky Paradise, he almost hit the number one spot in the charts, but was beaten by the one and only Kanye West. Everyone loved Lil Fabes; and when his first tour sale came on fans went crazy. The tour took place around America, Starting in New York then moving across the states. Whilst being on tour his fame grew and many more people fell in love with him, including many other artists. 

2013 had been one the best years for his music life and he wanted it to go out with a bang, as a result of his he released his second album in late December, which was shared his other huge names such as Drake and Kanye West. 2014 then came and Lil Fabes was getting noticed for the wrong reasons, he had moved to Los Angeles and found him self getting into gang trouble, doing smalls burglaries and gun crimes. But this didn’t stop him from making his fans happy, he was still producing bangers, especially the song ‘dollar’ with A$AP Rocky that hit number one. In late March that year Fabes and the Sniper Gang were caught when attempting to a robbery job. This then saw Fabes getting arrested and caught with possession drugs, dangerous weapons and the obvious. He was then sentence to 3 and half years in prison. This was extremely bad news for fans and many of them went crazy over it. However, it wasn’t all-bad as he sentence was shorted then all the other members in the gang. Whilst he was in prison a lot of his rappers friends and other fans gave him major support, and he even had the chance of recording a song with the well-known artist, Future.

Later this year, he will be making his come back, as he gets released on April 11^th.  From his latest tweet he has announced he promises a ‘banging’ new album with special features. Also he has announced another tour which he describes will be the ‘best tour ever’ and will be joined by the likes of future, Lil Uzi Vert and metro booming. As well as that, Lil Fabes will be performing at Leeds/Reading fest in August 2017.

The new album will be having 12 songs, which all tell the story of how he grew up in New York. The fans will get an insight in his struggles as a young teenager and his problems involving gun crimes and his mum. Lil Fabes, had spoken to us and told us that this album will be his best yet, as he is telling a story extremely close to his heart.

A few songs from the album have already came out on apple music as a taster, these songs are, “Left Cheek, right cheek’ featuring Travis Scott, and ‘Murda’ featuring A$AP Rocky. His fans are already going crazy over these songs, and cant wait for the album to drop. 

In our exclusive interview with Lil Fabes, we asked him what his plans are after this album, he then told us, “I am currently planning something big, which involves many stars and many new big hits, all my fans will love it”. So for all you Lil Fabes lovers, the best is yet to come.

We also asked the star whether he will be touring in the UK anytime soon, he responded with, “well of course, I want to please all my fans and I love the UK, so you’ll all get to see me, and I’m defiantly going to the Leeds/Reading Festival this year so be ready for that, because its gonna bang!’

The question on everyone’s mind is, whys the new album called Katrina? Well it is abit random but there’s a special reason behind it. We asked Fabian and this is what he said, “As I’ve said before, this albums very close to my heart and I wanted to keep the title like that, so I named it after the beautiful woman that brought me into this life. We haven’t always got on, but she raised me and I wouldn’t be here without her, I respect and love her so much, so I had to name it after my mother, Katrina Louisa Rennalls.”.

Fan review by Cam Quinn: Lil Fabes new album is one of my Favorites, i can listen to this almost anywhere when I'm in the mood. I love the way that he has told the story of his childhood through the use of his lyrics and it has made me feel like i was there growing up with him. I can't wait to go see him live at Leeds!

25 word pitch

Male audience
modern Hip Hop rap
16-30
Travis Scott
Young Thug
growing market
fashion
Bape
Supreme
paper magazine
XXL
African American
£3.50
Released Once a Week





My chosen genre is modern hip Hop/ rap, i have chosen this because i felt that it would be challenging but also fun, as it is the type of music i listen to and i feel that i know more about this type of music than most. My magazine will feature artists such as Travis Scott, Young Thug, Kanye West and a feature of Lil Fabes (my double page spread). Also there will be a fashion section which will have sections for Bape, supreme, Armani   and many more clothing brands. This magazine will be released once of week at a price of £3.50. My target audience will be people who enjoy this type of music and that are fans of artists like Travis Scott, the age will be aimed at 16-30 year olds.

Layout research

After creating my first draft magazine I have noticed that it is nowhere near as good as a professional magazine, as I need to get many of my conventions correct. For example, I need to get my measurements correct and change some of my numbers and text, such as I need to have odd numbers on the right and even on the left.

As a result of this I have decided to edit my magazines and adapt it so it looks more like a professional magazine, by measuring the margins, size of barcode, front sizing and the positioning of texts and pictures. By doing this my magazine will have a better chance to do well on the market and it will look good.

Before I started my magazine I didn’t think to research into this as I felt that it would be easy to do this with out measuring. But as I got more feedback and did more research I began to notice that I needed to as the text boxes and images were out of line and didn’t look right.

Below are some examples I've taken from a magazine:

Margin size (Front Cover): 10mm

Margin size (Contents page): 10mm

Margin size (Double Page Spread): 15mm

Barcode size: 30mm by 20mm