Front cover final

FINAL DRAFT OF FRONT COVER
After working on my front cover I decided to change the picture on my front cover as it didn't seem fitting for my magazine. This picture still dominated the page and I was able to surround the image with cover lines and other icons.

At first I cut the image out to have a white background however I felt similarly to my article this presented too much white space. I then decided to change the image to have it's existing background on the page. This was a darker grey colour which made the pink cover-lines stand out. However the shadows were then a problem.
At this stage of producing my magazine I decided to take some more pictures to try and solve the problems of the shadows and darker background. I produced a fourth draft of my magazine cover with a new image.

Final Contents Page

My final contents page differs slightly from the existing drafts. Before the image I used was quite bright and the dominant colour was black. I had also decided to use a black font for the text. This meant in some places the text was hard to read. To solve this issue I used Photoshop to edit the picture so the font was easily readable on top of the image. I used Photoshop to edit the colours. Other changes included changing the images at the bottom of the page. I decided to remove the image at the bottom left as I didn't think it matched the house style of the contents page. I kept the smaller image at the bottom right however had to change it as my front cover was constantly changing.

 FINAL CONTENTS PAGE -----

My final article

Because my article was featuring the 'cover star' I used the same model to make the article match the front cover. I used a question and answer interview article where the magazine company were asking the star questions about their career and future. After writing my article I transferred the text onto indesign to start creating my article. I designed a quick draft of my initial ideas for my article. Once I had transferred my text onto the indesign program I realised that only a few pictures would be needed to fill up the remaining space. I maintained the colour scheme of black and pink text which I had used on my front cover and contents page. I also used a grey background to make the text stand out and reduce the amount of 'white space' on the page. To include features of a magazine I used quotes from the article; in a larger font, amongst the text. This was a key feature as it separated large chunks of text. I also used shadows on the quotes to make them stand out and a main focus point on the page.     

My magazine drafts

2nd draft of front cover

   3rd draft of front cover