Background Ideas with evaluation

                                

The first image is a grey/ black wall which is the background I have decided to use for my magazine cover. The reason I had decided to use this background is because I felt using a brick wall will stand out more than a plain background plus it fit perfectly with my research. This is because the magazine covers that I researched either used black, white or grey but in some instances other colours were used depending on the main story of the magazine.

The second image is a light grey brick wall which I took as part as my research for backgrounds. Although, the image is taken at an angle therefore I felt it was not suitable for my image or cover lines however the colour of grey was effective as fitted in with other Rap magazine covers.

The next image is a red background with a radial effect, this use of red would be suitable for the rap magazine as red has connotations of blood and fear. These are both common themes that surround Hip Hop and Rap. However I decided to not use this image as the red did not look suitable with neither the main image nor the cover lines.

The next background idea was the plain white brick wall, the reason this was one of my potential background was because white has connotations of purity and an element of innocence which some rappers and hip hop artist secretly portray. However I did not like this image as the cover lines did not fit nicely on the background as it was to light.

The last image in my background ideas is a cloud light blue which I chose as I liked the idea of a cloudy background. This fits in with my chosen genre as Hip Hop artist usually smoke drugs, shisha and this releases a cloudy Smokey effect which why is I felt it would be suitable for my background. However I did not use this background as the blue did not fit in with connotations of Hip hop and rap and my research of existing covers.