Front cover final design

After listening to the feedback from members of my target audience, I have adapted my magazine to be more desirable for my audience as it is important it fits their criteria.

The colours I have used compliment each other more then the previous pink background. The light blue colour now highlights the pink and black texts and compliments the red masthead. I incorporated interesting topics on my front cover in order to appeal to my audience and insure that it has a stand out effect when getting sold against competitors.

I changed the text size and font whilst also alternating the colours of the writing along the right side of the magazine.

This is a convention of magazine covers as they usually include a range of styles and colours within the text. I believe it is more exciting to read and makes sure that the text is not dull to read or blends in with any other information on the magazine. The change in colour highlights the importance and significance of all the different artists listed.

Double page spread contact page

For my double page spread I took the photos in a festival environment. My main cover model can be seen on the right dressed in a typical festival outfit with her friends. I edited one of the pictures to more of a sepia tone and changed the warmth of the photo so that it was more retro looking. A dance tent is visible in the background and the crowds of people are similarly described in the article making the text and image link clearly. The laid back and fun tone of the picture is also reflected through the description of festivals in the article. I wanted to chose an image showing a group of girls rather then one as festivals are described in the article as groups of people having fun to the music.

Contents Page contact sheet

This is my updated contact sheet for my contents page. I had two of each style to chose from and I have decided to chose all the ones on the left hand side. I have done this because I believe they are the best at portraying the fun and youthful image that my magazine promotes.
When choosing these photos, I looked closely at the colours within each picture and insured I could edit the pictures effectively to go on my contents page. It is important that the photos i chose to go on my contents are interesting and grab attention to make the reader want to view the article the picture is associated with. This is why choosing my final images was crucial in the success of my contents page.