Final Masthead #1

Due to the fact I decided on my colour scheme which is Black, White, Grey and Blue I created some Mastheads. Also because I believe that the best selling magazines have primary colours and basic fonts I created some new designs on Adobe Illustrator rather than keeping my old designs which had crazy designs, some were too hard to read and others just look too complicated.

To create these designs I had to use the Type tool and write the word "I.C.Y", then I duplicated the word using the function Ctrl C, next I used the mouse to drag one word above/ below the other one, this gave a shadow effect, I was inspired to do this as many common magazines do such as "The Source", "Rolling Stones" "Hip Hop" and many more.

I also decided to use my colour scheme to change the colour of the Masthead linking it to the aesthetics of the magazine. I believe that my masthead is unique because unlike many other magazines, when they use the shadow effect, they make sure one text is almost directly on top of the other one, where as mine has a rather large distance, which makes it standout. Next I would like to add a box around the Masthead as it would help to isolate it from the rest of the front cover.