Completed Front Cover, Contents Page & DPS

Contents Page

This is currently my contents, Page as you can see, I have just started my contents page, there are many columns which are segments of my contents page, these are  Features, Regulars, Lifestyle, culture and fashion. Each segment has a colour and this is because I will be adding images, with a coloured circle and number to put it in the segment it belongs to.

Complete Double Page Spread (DPS)

This is my completed, Double Page Spread, As you can see I have improved my my contents page significantly By adding images, pull quotes, Drop cap and a lot of colour.

Update on DPS

Currently, I am working on my article as you can see from the previous blog post, I have written more in the columns, I still need to add a few more conventions in my double page spread, such as an Image, add colour, pull quote and finished of the article.

Double Page Spread

Today, I have been creating a Double Page Spread (DPS), as it is one of the three elements of a magazine cover, The program I am using to create my DPS is Adobe Indesign, I have planned the layout of my double page spread, as you can see below is how my double page spread currently looks. The white black space is for the picture of the cover stars, I have used a different font in the title for my title of the double page spread which relates to my front cover Lastly I have 3 columns which will be filled with text. In addition to this I have included some features of the double page spread such as drop cap, journalistic language and the use of gutter space.

Completed Front magazine cover

Today, I have completed my magazine front cover, I tweaked it by adding a cover line, moved different layer in photoshop to make my magazine front cover look more organised and lastly I have adjusted one of the cover lines by capitilising words to emphasise the word CAT. Although, I will improve my music magazine front cover after receiving feedback as I don't feel it is fully finished.

Improved Incomplete Magazine Front Cover

So far, I have continued to improve my magazine front cover, in which I will need a day to complete and finish off, I am still unsure about some of my cover lines as I would like to change some as I do not feel they are enticing enough. I like the colour scheme I have used as well as some added features which I included. My aim for next time is too complete this magazine front cover which will be the next blog entry.