Final Contents Page Draft!!!

 

 

 

This is my final Draft for my contents page.

 

 

I have added all of the features that i want. I intended it to be plain and simple but with an attractive link to the rest of my magazine.

 



Contents Page II

I think so far that my contents page is going well. I think it has all the conventions associated with a contents page and so far the layout looks good. However there is an issue with the lines at the top of my page.



I used the lines underneath the words 'contents' because i wanted to maintain the house style of the magazine and maintain the retro look that i have place through the entire magazine. However, despite it's link, it does make the word contents look a little unclear and so i need to decide whether to keep or get rid of the lines

With the Lines

 

Without the Lines

 

 

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Final Double Page Spread Draft!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This my final draft for my double page spread. Much like the font cover, i changed the main fonts so that it would look more mature to attract my target audience.

 

 

 

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Contents Page

From the begining, I thought that the contents page was the hardest thing to do out of all three of the pages as there is much more to put and organise. I thought it was important to maintain the progression of the magazine and so i made the contents masthead the same style as my orignal masthead of SoulMate. Much like the double page spread, it was hard to find a picture that would work well with the shape of the page, as so i has to change my plan to make sure the page fitted together.

Also to help position my page, i used Publisher's guidelines tools, to make it look more professional.



Creating My Double Page Spread III

After the last draft, i adjusted the size of my soul mate and because of that i am now able to adjust poistioning of the main masthead. Also since the last draft, i have added more of my article using the red and black to contrast the interviewer and the interviewee.

Creating my Double Page Spread II

Creating the my double page spread, after adjusting the picture, the rest of the magazine seem to fall into place. I have used a four collumn set up to place everything into and and the colour scheme is co ordinated with both the model and the colour scheme of the magazine. My only issues so far is that i think that the mast head at the top is a bit too big and stand out too much on the page and also my font style i think looks a bit too childish for my age group.

Creating my Double page Spread

After establishing what i wanted to do in my drafts, i had to start creating my double page spread.

I hit trouble from the begining.

I had trouble finding a picture that would fit perfectly on the page.

This was my first choice for my double page spread. I think this is a clear attractive image of Amina that could clearly dominate the page. However the major problem was that her arms and head cut off at some point meaning that the image wouldn't fit on the page like i wanted it to. Taking up one side of the double page spread.





I think moved on to this picture ( right) which i think clearly showed Amina, was bold and inviting and worked perfectly on the page. However, the image itself was way too similar to my front page image and so i had to abandon it to show that i can use a wide range of images.

On the page, ( once it had been adjusted slightly) the image looked perfect, fitting perfectly on the page with lots of space to right and yet a clear focus on the artist.


Final Front Page Draft!! Finished Article!!

I went around to get some feedback for my colour dilemma. This is what was said

"Out of all of them, i think i prefer the black as it stands out more on the page and yet works with the rest of the colour scheme"
 

"Definitely the Black! It looks better than the others and looks more like a magazine"
 

Given that the majority of the people i had spoken to prefered the black, i decided to keep it. Which mean that my front page is now FINISHED!!!



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Front Page Draft 4

 

Once i changed the font style of the front cover , i gathered some feedback from people.

 

" I like it so far. I think that the image and the mast head work really well together and the font styles work well as a whole on the page. The only problem i see is the black colour on some of the features. I don't think it works well with the other colours"
" I love the model's nails. i think that is really unique for a magazine."
" You can really see that Soul/retro theme"
 

 The only major issue that they mentioned was the fact that the black stood out a bit too much in comparison to the other images. I had a real issue trying to find a colour that worked well with both the page and with the purple.



What do YOU think???
Which should I PICK???
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Front Page Draft 3

I changed my cover lines. As I developed the magazine further, i didn't like the font and style of my coverlines. I thin they were too childish and wouldn't appeal to my target audience. So i changed the font style, giving it a more mature feel. 


What i liked about this magazine and what i want to incoporate into my magazine is this idea of hiearchy. In this Vibe magazine, they layer the coverlines to show the most important feature. I really like this idea. and it is something that i want to use.

Front Page 2nd Draft

I am much happier with my magazine now, as i feel i looks more like a magazine!! The colour scheme looks great and i really like how the image works with the page. My only issue is the coverlines and how not all of them seem to fitt on the page!! i was hoping that i could avoid covering the model with coverlines and so i will move the coverlines around to suit this idea

First draft (Front Page)

 

I am really happy with the beginings of my magazine. I think i have found the perfect picture that works well with the front page and also with the colour scheme. I had a bit of difficulty getting the masthead as perfect as i wanted it, however it worked out well as the masthead fits perfectly with the page and i like the way my image overlaps the masthead, just in the 'o'.

 

 

I didn't realise until after editing the picture that Amina's nails were not fully painted and then I was left with the choice to either edit over the them to make them clear or leave them as a symbol to my audience. I decided to keep the nail because it sends a different representation of the my model to the audience. It says to the audience that amina is a real person much like the readers.

Manipulating My Pictures!!

Before ......

This is the original picture, before photoshopping. I think i is a very good picture as it is already nice and bright and i think it is perfect for a front page.











After.....

In photoshop, i didn't think i needed to do much so all i did was increased the brightness and saturation giving the image that warm feel and taking my main model and putting her on a white background which i feel is easier to work with.