Colour research

These images are examples of the colour schemes I an interested in for my own magazine.

In this image to the left, the colours are mostly dark which makes the text look blotchy. In my opinion as an artistic piece the colours work and the image looks effective. However the font isn't very readable which is a problem if I were to include this in my magazine unless it was the masthead as loyal readers would be aware of the name.

This image has a sketchy feel to it. Although the obvious point of focus is a penguin, I won't be considering using this for my magazine. Instead i was looking at the softened outlines and messy feel. I really like the background as it looks aged and vintage.

This is a grey scaled theme which relates to the magazine cover of Q that I reviewed. Although I like the combination of photograph and graphics I think that leaving the image as just plain grey scale would be boring and won't attract many readers. To brighten this up I would consider using one or maybe two more colours which contrast against the black and white which will liven the piece up and make it look exciting.

This image is unusual because the theme isn't very clear. I like the use of black with a bright colour because it really stands out. On the other hand I think using this colour scheme would be too much and would clash horribly with my photograph.