I have had a look through a few magazines that i've bought over the couple of months, the pictures below are of 4 different adverts for 4 different artist's albums. Each CD cover is pictured next to the magazine advert for that album.
This album has the same house style with the album cover and the advert, the colours are all the same, along with the font of the writing and the basic idea of keeping the artwork very simple and bold. I feel that this works to a certain extent as the advert is very bold and gets to the point very quickly with as little on the advert as possible without losing any details.
This album cover and advert use the same artwork for both cover and advert although the advert is a 2 page spread and has been edited to give a different effect, the picture takes up a very large amount of the cover and advert and is the focus of attention. I feel this works slightly better than the Vampire Weekend cover/advert as it is more colourful and eye-catching.
This Advert uses a similar technique, the advert and cover use the same picture, same font, same writing and similar layout, the only main difference is the writing at the bottom of the page with details about the album release and singles. The artwork features a close up of the singer which is a popular feature of many albums.
These cover/adverts are almost identical, the only difference is the writing at the bottom of the page about the release date, i feel that the colours work very well and the black background makes everything else stand out more, just like The Courteeners album.
After looking at these examples, I have decided I will not make my advert until I have finished my album cover because for every advert I see, the album cover has a huge influence on the style. I will try to make my advert in a similar style to the album cover to give them a professional look.
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