# 1st entry-Modern Scientist Journal(dont be foolled by the name, enter) **URL:** \ **Category:** contests\ **Created:** [April 19, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1st-entry-modern-scientist-journal-dont-be-foolled-by-the-name-enter/186193 "2006-04-19T17:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Benjamin\_b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Benjamin_b)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1st-entry-modern-scientist-journal-dont-be-foolled-by-the-name-enter/186193/1 "2006-04-19T17:27:11Z")
This is my first entry and first work of this kind, i’ve seen some other magcovers and i think mine is rather old-fashioned, which is fine, because it doesnt look like any other I saw =P. Dont be afraid of criticizing. [![](http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5738/magazinecover25ju.th.jpg)](http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=magazinecover25ju.jpg) PLEASE: If u see any spelling or grammatical mistakes tell me, u may notice im not an English speaker. PD: I think ill change some ditails… ---
**Author:** ![sandmans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sandmans](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sandmans)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1st-entry-modern-scientist-journal-dont-be-foolled-by-the-name-enter/186193/2 "2006-04-19T19:30:41Z")
The barcode doesn’t seem realistic. Also, you have too many fonts and colors, and text effects. It looks more like a comic book than a scientific magazine. That’s all I have to crit. ---
**Author:** ![Pharoh32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@Pharoh32](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pharoh32)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1st-entry-modern-scientist-journal-dont-be-foolled-by-the-name-enter/186193/3 "2006-04-19T21:23:43Z")
I think there is way too much text on this cover. ---
**Author:** ![Sicerp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sicerp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sicerp)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1st-entry-modern-scientist-journal-dont-be-foolled-by-the-name-enter/186193/4 "2006-04-19T22:59:06Z")
i’m gonna have to agree with sandmans. Too many fonts/effects/test period. Try to use less wording as you want to entice the reader to open the mag. I’m also not feeling the picture for the b/g. it’s just a bit too much. Less is more.:alien2: ---
**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1st-entry-modern-scientist-journal-dont-be-foolled-by-the-name-enter/186193/5 "2006-04-19T23:03:43Z")
it’s feels like a comic book, i would not trust it for real science news. ---
**Author:** ![SlowRoasted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1st-entry-modern-scientist-journal-dont-be-foolled-by-the-name-enter/186193/6 "2006-04-19T23:16:48Z")
kinda bad quality on the imagery also. Especially the martian text. ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Benjamin\_b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Benjamin_b)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1st-entry-modern-scientist-journal-dont-be-foolled-by-the-name-enter/186193/7 "2006-04-20T00:32:20Z")
Thank you for the advice & critic. I find them helpful. The basic idea was to make a “light” Science magazine, but well, I see it doesn’t comunicate the message, I’ll have to re-invent it.