The main article in the Q magazine features artist Professor Green who is an up and coming rapper. The magazine uses presentational devices such as the visual link between the size of both the heading ‘the nutty professor’ and the main image of the artist, this link becomes suggestive of his dominance in the industry as they both stand out on the page. The phrase ‘nutty professor’ also forms intertextuality as that is the title of a popular movie making the artist accessible to a wider audience. The image itself has the stereotypical connotations of the glamorous rap lifestyle whilst still portraying the grounded nature of the artist, this can be said due to the fact the artist is seen holding a sparkly microphone and has a number of visible tattoos but at the same time has not gone for a glam photo shoot and has chosen to be pictured in his natural environment. The theme of a grounded nature is then again confirmed when the colour scheme comes into focus when beginning to focus on the colour scheme used by the magazine produces, they have chosen to use quite earthy and natural colour tones. The typography for this article and throughout the whole magazine is simple, clean and sophisticated communicating the consistency of the magazine and the features within it.
Overall this article presents an artist in their natural habitat and due to the grounded nature of the article it breaks the barriers between the audience and the artist make the artist likability factor a lot higher.
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