Friday 18 March 2011

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.

Friday 11 March 2011


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.

Thursday 10 March 2011