Layout.

This is the layout that I used for my preliminary, I like this design because it allows more than one story to be published on the front cover at once. I also like the idea of having the masthead directly next to the logo. This would be used throughout all the magazine covers that I compete, this would give my magazine consistency and make it a well known magazine name. On this design there is also a banner going across the bottom of the cover, this will include some information of what to expect in the magazine as well as the images and captions above it, the banner is a good technique I like because it shows the viewer what is in the magazine without there being to much information on the cover, which could put the off continuing through the magazine.