When i researched my front covers i found out what i defintately did NOT want to do when it came to my own front cover. I looked at smash hits first and noticed there was alot of pink clearly showing that the magazine was for girls, i do not want this to happen when it comes to my magazine becuase it is not based for a certain gender it is based on the music genre indie. Looking at the magazine cover of NME inspired what i want to do with my own magazine becuase it is based on the type of genre im working with. The group image with the main perfromer i thought was a good idea becuase even if i didnt know the band i would know that she did an important part. The bold and different coloured writing on the main story headline was also good as it appealed more and i knew automically who it was going to be about. The logo stood out on both magazines, this is quite important as if they didnt stand out the audience would find it hard to recognise them. To make the logo stand out i have decided to put a bold and unique font type and colour.