Magazine advertisement ideas

These are my designs for the magazine advert, they have allowed me to design the adverts and link them to digipak designs. It will also allow the group to pick and choose the ideas that we find are the best and follow the codes and conventions of the genre.

From all of these ideas we will be able to pick and choose the ideas that we deem the most appropriate for a punk rock magazine article. All our ideas will be taken into consideration and we will be able to create a magazine article that follows the generic codes and conventions of the punk rock genre. 

-Peter Godwin-

I based these designs partly on the scene of the music video and partly

-Joseph A. Luck -




These are two designs I drew for our group's piece of magazine advertisement. Like with the digipacks, I chose to take two different approaches as a way of demonstrating how artists in the punk rock genre can be conveyed in several ways. The first advert, for example, is very simplistic, similar to the Kings of Leon advert I analysed previously, with this singular band member connoting solitude and loneliness. This would be very appropriate if the songs within the album in which the poster is advertising were based on such themes, establishing a target audience while also informing consumers as to what to expect from this particular product. In comparison, the second advert is structured more complexly, by displaying more information about the product, as well as presenting the band as more of a group, which has connotations of unity and friendship, contrasting from the previous design. With regards to colour, I would use quite dark shades for the background of the first design, to amplify that sense of solitude, while also making the artist the main focus of the poster. The pieces of text would therefore be white to create a strong contrast to the background, which could also suggest that the band are a symbol of hope within this darkness, presenting them as quite hopeful. For the second design, I would use a brick wall with graffiti on it to incorporate the idea of rebelling, and create an opportunity to use vibrant/passionate colours, such as red and green, to demonstrate the musical range the band has. This exercise has helped me to consider the different ways in which artists can be advertised, and also think about how the song that we've chosen to do fits in with these representations.  

- Ryan Chapman -