Final Products

Contents page Draft

After receiving feedback from the class and teacher i decided to change the contents page as i felt it wasn't good enough and they confirmed my feelings. I think i was trying to hard to make it look unique that i made it look bad so after amending these changes this it how it looks now

Contents page drafting 2

Firstly, I started working on the design and layout. I tried to imitate the contents page as seen on XXL magazine as their layout was very effective in the way information was displayed easily.

Secondly i started working on the text, the most important being the 'featured' section. This is done in bold and in bigger font as you want to attract the readers attention immediately. then after that i adhered to the same font and colour scheme like many conventional magazines do but in smaller font in comparison to the featured section.

Finally its about adding the o,age to finalise the page. The overall draft can be subject to change but this is how it looks like for now.

Front cover Draft

After receiving feedback i knew that i had to alter how the front cover looked and also realised how i made some mistakes and how i needed to stick with my colour scheme so i changed the background and to keep the black, red and white colour scheme like i have been doing all along. I've also changed the sell lines to make them more appealing to the demographic audience. I also changed the image of the model(show more of it) to make the front cover overall better.

Magazine DPS draft

After more feedback, this is what i've gotten as a result after I swapped the models around.

DPS pictures evidence

The are the new pictures i stuck with after deciding to change the models and use the female model for the DPS and the other male model for the Contents page

Front Cover drafting stages

 First stages working on mashead, price, thinking about layering and what will go where in the space.

 Firstly image editing to see which one would fit better.Eventually chose black and white as it  went well with the colour scheme of the sell lines.

Adding the sell lines so it adheres to the conventions of a magazine. 

Finished product after adding extra stuff

DPS Dragting stages

Firstly I decided to start of with the image as that is the main focal point on double page spreads. I kept the image black and white to maintain the constant theme throughout the pages

The I began working on the title.  As i stated earlier i went with 'rise To Success' as the main theme in magazines of this genre is overcoming adversity or poverty to become a success unexpectedly. The use of a female model can further emphasise how unexpected this is as usually this genre is male dominated.

Next I added the text. To adher to the conventions there is the pulled quote and a Drop capital to make it look more like a trailer.