Double Page Spread

Step 1: First I created the graphics on each side of "Exclusive Interview" on the page. I then added the article into the page and then changed the colour of the questions fro black to red to make them stand out on the page and also for the readers to know that it was a question and answer style article. I also added the page number and the magazines website to the page for extra details and also to replicate my plan and a real magazine. I changed the font of my headline to make it stand out on the page more too.

Step 2: Here I added a pull quote to my magazine and I also added my masthead next to the page number so it is throughout the whole of the magazine. I then added the details of words too as one of the final touches to the page. I also added a drop cap to my magazine to make the page itself to look better and more like a real magazine.  

Step 3: Here I made the pull quote a lot larger and changed where I placed it on the page. I also changed the colour of it so it would stand out on my page more. I am happy with the layout of my article I feel it looks good on the page and is eye catching.

Step 5  Here I have changed my picture to make my page look more interesting and to show the artists personality more than the previous picture I had on the page.  Now I have three personalities on my page. My main image is him being very chilled, then the one subsidiary image is him smiling, and the other is him being serious. This shows the readers some of the personalities he has. I have also now added the same graphics on the top of the page and the "Exclusive Interview" to make the pages symmetrical. I have also changed the title's font to yellow as it stood out more on the page with the picture being behind it.

      

Final cover:  Here I have put a drop shadow on my headline to make it stand out more on the page. I have also made my pull quote a tiny bit bigger so it is more eye catching for the reader.

Music Magazine Cover Progresses

I began creating my front cover by using the software In Design. I began to create my header and footer bars so that I would have a good idea of the space I have on the page. I also began to create my masthead and also began to create my sell lines. I followed my draft with the colour scheme of red for my masthead with a black outline and I also tried to find a font which was similar. My masthead is bold and stands out on the page. I tried to find fonts that were similar to my plan design.

Here, all my sell lines have been placed but I have not got a picture yet. I wanted to continue on trying to make my progress with the cover page even though I did not have my pictures yet. I have added my pug, my splash and pull quote along with smaller details to make my magazine look more unique. I have also added my sell lines on the right hand side too, I felt that I needed to have sell lines on both side of where the image will go as it gives the page more information.

Here I have changed the colour of my header and footer bar font as I thought that yellow would look better than white, giving my page more colour. I have also changed the colour of the splash as again I thought it would look better and stand out when placed on top of my image. I have made my splash a lot bigger to make sure it fully stands out on the page. I have also changed my pug as the other one had too much black on show, this one I feel looks a lot better as it is not too big yet is still effective and follows my draft design. I have also added my main image, I removed the background using Photoshop and I am happy with how it looks. I think my model suits my pop magazine. I have also added my subsidiary image which I also feel looks good on my page.








Final Cover

The final thing I did to my magazine was add a bar code with the price and issue number on there too. I also put a black box around my "Discover the best music!" to make it stand out and just look a bit better on my page. I have also made the image a little bit larger so there is less blank space above his head. I have also made my black graphic on the top right hand corner a little longer too to fill up the blank space.  I also made my splash smaller so it fitted on one line and made the quote under it stand out more as I feel this looks more effective than it did before. I have also changed some of the fonts as I felt it looked better on the page.

      

    

Contents Page Progresses

Step 1:  Here I began creating my contents page the first thing I did was to create the black border around my page. I then did the title part of my contents page. I copied my plan design for this but I didn't think that it stood out well enough and was missing something so I placed the "Music Life" and "contents" on a yellow background, I decided I did not like my original yellow contents with a black outline and thought that it should be in black instead which worked really well as I added the yellow background. I think this made it ten times better as all the colours work well together and are eye-catching on this page. I then began just to separate the page up with boxes where I would then add the pictures and the writing. I also began creating the sub heading of "in this issue."

                                       

Step 2:  Here I began filling in the contents of my magazine. I inserted blue lines between each page topic as it makes it easier for the reader to read the magazine and it is set out clearly so the reader can direct themselves to which part of the magazine they chose to want to read. I then added the reviews and used the same layout. At the bottom of the page I added the page number which is the same as the numbers of the pages on the pictures. I also added little details at the bottom of the page, including Facebook and twitter and the magazines website to make the magazine more realistic and this also promotes the brand.









Step 3: Here I added the final touch to the page which is the subscription part. I again used a yellow background to make this part of the page stand out. I have decided I will change the pictures too as the contents page needs more of a variety or artists not just artists on their own. But overall I am pleased with how the layout of my contents page looks I think it looks eye catching and very informative.
















Final Page (step 4): Here I have changed my pictures to give the contents page more of a variety on the page showing the different artists that will be in my magazine, I now have two individual artists, a duet and a boyband.