L01 Task 2: Sample Materials (Masthead Designs)

• Colour Schemes
• Red and Orange
• Fire
• Dragons
• Action/ Fighting
• Blue and Grey
• Cold/ Ice
• Relates to certain settings for D&D
• Enigmatic
• Scary
• Fonts
• Serif, old looking fonts
• Relates to the time setting of most D&D games (Fancy writing)
• Can be difficult to read, could decrease accessibility of magazine.
• Sans-Serif, Modern looking fonts
• More appealing to a modern society

• The sketched fonts make sense for a D&D based magazine as the maps used in games are often sketched in a similar style.
• The top left font has a faint grid background, a grid map is used during games of D&D to show movement of characters and location in the world.

Justification of Name:

I have given the magazine the title, 'Adventurers Guide' as the main aspect of Dungeons and Dragons is adventuring. Furthermore, the majority of official D&D sourcebooks and rule books are themed around 'Guides' or 'Handbooks'.