My Final Pieces

 Music Magazine Developed

 Here is the final design for my front cover, as you can see I have not made big changes that may be noticeable. I started off by changing the text font to create a neater look; I also changed the positioning of the web address to allow the front cover to look more symmetrical. These changes helped a lot in finalizing this final design, i am am very happy with this front cover. 

                                                

Here is my final design for my contents page, as you can see I have completely re designed this page. Firstly instead of the main title being 'CONTENTS' I changed it to the magazine name and 'This Week' I thought this kept a consistent style. I enlarged the editor's letter as I thought this was important as this is where the audience can feel connected to the magazine. I added more page numbers so that my contents page looked fuller and packed out. I added images to allow the audience to be more interested in this page. I enlarged the social media website icons as these are important for the audience and magazine.

I have also made a few changes to my double page spread; I completely scrapped the idea of a quoted heading and instead had a simple but catchy heading that stands out. I added more text at the end of the interview on information about the artist and Albums that are next out, I then added a small image of the album just for visual reference.

Music Magazine Designs

Here is my first design front cover design. I really like how this has turned out, it is eye-catching and colourful. I really like how the main image immediately grabs my attention. I also think each cover-line stands out and is clear to read. I think the puff does a good job of allowing the text to stand out, the magazine name works well, the font is different therefore more interesting.

This is my first contents page design. Again i feel that this contents page stands out and is eye-catching. I like how the title 'CONTENTS' stands out and how each letter is laid out, although I think I need to change this around as it isn’t immediately obvious what it says. The layout of the page numbers and headings are clear and easy to follow. I have kept with a constant house style to allow a sense of consistency. I decided to have Micha as the main image of the contents page as this is a conventional theme that magazines would normally do for their contents page, as their main article is an exclusive interview with this artist, also to constantly remind the audience of this. I like how there is a clear separation between FEATURES and MONTHLY articles. Overall i like this contents page, but I will make improvements like filling up the empty spaces of white with more images and relevant text. I will change the main title for this page; I will change the layout of it so that it is clearer.

This is a first design for my double page spread. Firstly I think the layout of the entire page is interesting and clear. I like the layout of the images, and they create a sense of a story being told. This page has a limited colour pallet but I did this deliberately as i thought this would make my double page spread to look more professional, as well as I wanted the main focus to be on the article and images not the colours used. when i develop this I will change the layout of the main headline and perhaps shorten it, it is too big for the page and takes up too much room.

Design Drafts of Double Page Spread