Unlike many other music magazines Q magazine's style seems more formal and neat unlike names such as NME and KERRANG who tend to use many colours, images and chaotic designs. The image used relates to the gothic theme as the church used in the background is considered to be a gothic building as many were built during the gothic era. The image is also taken on a slight slanted angle, gothic style is a breakaway from many boundaries and was something different therefore this connotes the difference of gothic style. The pose of the man is directly infornt of the church and the main focus of the spread, his unusual and relaxed style pose also shows he is the main focus.

This double page spread uses just black and white colour, this could be as Q magazine often keep their magazines simple and more formal, however it oculd also be to empahsize the fact that it is of the gothic genre, as it is known to be dark. The white text on the black background also makes the text stand out and catch the audiences attention.

The text used is based on a black background and written in white so that it appeals to the reader and stands out. Unlike NME and KERRANG magazine, Q tends to include more text in their spreads and in a small font, the word Gothic is also written in a different font style which relates to gothic style. The text also starts with a dropped capital, certain words are also highlighted to emphasize their importance to the spread.

The design of this magazine is set out that the image takes up a majority of the magazine covering the right side and continuing onto the left. This attracts the readers attention as it may also manipulate the readers into not believing that their is that much text which may put some people off of reading. The dark colour, images and text also gives of the impression of it being a gothic article.