Ray Gun Deconstruction

This magazine cover is by Ray Gun, his magazines are not always the easiest to read or to understand but they stand out by being unique and distinctive. Ray Guns last issue was in 2000 after a number of different magazine issues. Here is an example of one of Ray Guns magazine issue.

I like this magazine because it is different from what you normally see and every issue is different in its own way. One thing that Ray Gun does a lot is use the masthead to project his name to the audience. If you read a lot of Ray Guns magazines then you wouldn't need his name at the top because you would be able to spot his uniqueness from just a glance.

Ray Gun has left his colours to the absolute minimum which makes this magazine stand out more. Normally when you only use plain colours the magazine does not stand out which is why Ray Gun is clever because he proves the opposite. The main two colours from this magazine are Black and White which definitely works well. There are a couple of other colours which stand out, the red from the lips and the brown from the wall also stand out a lot more than it would normally of the loss of colour on the magazine.

As well as none of the magazines being the same, the text is also very different; the whole font from this magazine is consistent until the end which is too small to see. The text is also in white and has been filled in; different letters have been filled in which give it another think to catch your attention with and make you forget about how empty this magazine cover actually is.

I like this magazine because it shows that you just have to be a bit clever on the colours, fonts etc. that you use and you can make a magazine look busy enough without adding heaps of information to the cover.