Drafts for marking

Front Page Draft 

Contents Page Draft

Double Page Spread Draft

DPS Draft 2 with improvements

Here is a second Double Page Spread draft with the improvements in place.



First draft - (before)

Second draft - (after)

Contents Draft 3

I forgot to post this, but this is my third and (I think) final draft of my contents page, with which I'm very please!

Making of my first DPS draft

1) Plain lilac background

2) Floral pattern added
>divide blending mode
>reduced opacity

3)Grunge background added
>multiply blending mode
reduced opacity

4) Main image added
>White background erased with very soft edge eraser tool

5) Text added
>Shaped around image
>Key words made bigger

6) Drop shadow effect achieved by adding key words under
the white text but in different, darker colour

7) Article text added

8) Opaque box added behind text to make words stand out

9) Other images added and another block of text with box behind to help it stand out

Finished!

However, it can be improved.

• The block of text is too big and wide, which makes it less enticing to read as it looks like a whole lot of text.
• > To improve, I'll section it into columns

• The fold line is down the middle, meaning that the main image is on the fold which would look bad when the article is published
• > I'll make the image smaller so it doesn't fall along the fold line

• The article lacks an introduction and editors/photographers detail
• > They will be added in

• There are no page numbers
• More images and general 'stuff' on the page

Contents Draft 2

Here is a second draft of a contents page.  I tried a slightly different layout to the one I used before, however not too different because I quite liked the one in the first draft.  I've also made some of the improvements that I identified from my first draft, by;

• adjusting my layout 
• adding a band index 
• adding a picture with the editor's note
• adding the editor's contact details
• including the magazine's website address
• giving credit to photographers
• shrinking the size of the 'CONTENTS'

My first draft was good but could have been better

Second draft, improvements on the first
have been made

However, I prefer the subtitles of the contents in the first draft because they stand out more...

Here I've done a diagram to illustrate the things I've drawn from other magazine contents pages.  I've circled the 'cover story' markers because I want to add those to my next draft

First Contents page draft

This is my first draft of my contents page.  I'm pretty pleased with it, although I know there are some things I could possibly improve on. 

I took inspiration for my layout from an issue of K! that I posted a few weeks ago...

Comparing the two layouts, I now see that the text that says 'CONTENTS' is maybe a bit too big and dominates the page more than it should.

Furthermore, when reflecting on the contents pages I made a comment about using markers to emphasise the  cover stories, which I didn't end up doing.

When I make improvement on this draft, I'll use the markers and adjust my layout

Improvements on my first draft

After making adjustments

Before making adjustments

I've moved the masthead further to the left to make it look more like a magazine front cover and less like a poster.
To make the main sell line stand out more, I've added the purple box behind it.
I've moved the teasing contents panel to the bottom as I thought it might just look a bit better there instead of further up.  It also helps to bring more attention to the main sell line, along with the purple box.
I was also informed that the masthead didn't seem to match the style of the rest of the front cover.  To overcome this, I changed the bars behind the text from grey to purple to bring it into the colour scheme. The same thing would be done with each issue, depending on each individual colour scheme.