Comparing Double Pages Spreads

Looking back at the double page spread I created, I realised I had to make a few adjustments. I made these my making the quote on the middle of the page smaller. I did this because I felt it made the page a bit uneven and created competition between the two quotes and by making it smaller. I also added a drop shadow to the title and to the large letters used in the article to make it seem more creative. The last thing I did was that I made it so the letters were not hanging over the edge on the ‘L’ to make it look neater. I also made it so it was level at the bottom of the page. I created my double page like this to match my target audience. I created this double page spread my using my research as I guidance. I am very pleased with my double page spread as I feel that it looks professional and creative. In addition, the story I used for my double page spread I thought may attract my target audience, as they usually like to read dramatic stories rather than simple ones.

Final Edits for Double Page Spread

 

Looking back at my double page spread, I noticed there were a few corrections that needed to be made. One thing that needed to be changed was the size of the quote. In addition, I noticed that the writing at the top and the bottom were uneven and hanging over the edge. Also I thought that the title and the larger letter were quite boring and wanted to change them some way.

 

The first thing I did was make the quote in the middle of the page the same size as the quote in the corner so there does not seem to be any competition between the two.

 

I then created a shadow to go behind the title to make it stand out.

 

I then did the same to the large letters to make them stand out more. I did this to make the magazine seem more interesting and creative as well as it looking professional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Double Page Spread

Proof for First Draft Double Page Spread

 

The first thing I did to make my double page spread was to create a boarder around the edge of the page leaving enough room at the bottom to put a page number.

 

I then placed the picture of my model on the right said of the page leaving the other side to have the writing. I made my model big enough and to cover half my page as that is what my research shows.

 

I then added an ‘L’ and a heart on the other side of the page as a background for the writing. I did have it the bright red, which is used on the rest of the magazine, but, then I realised that it would be too bright to be able to see the writing over the top so I kept it as the red and then made it brighter. I decided to have an L and a heart as this article is about ‘Lily Love’. I decided to have this as the background as my research shows that their magazine has done the same thing. However, I put a heart with it to make it my own design.

 

I then added the title of the article with the name of the artist I made. I wrote it the way I did as my research shows a similar thing. I put her first name lower case italics and then her surname in capitals but regular. I place it where I did as it is easy to notice and easy for the reader to know whom the article is about.

 

I then added a page number at the bottom of the page and the ‘V’ next to it to remind the reader what they are reading. I did this as my research did the same. I then added the date of the magazine issued at the bottom of the page to remind the reader.

 

I then wrote my article about my artist that I thought would be the most interesting to reader. My article is about a young, famous singer called Lily Love who became a drug addict and an alcoholic after the death of her brother. This article if about her talking to the magazine and explaining what happened and what made her get better. It is also about her new single called ‘Forever with Me’ that is dedicated to her brother.

I then looked back at my research and realised they used quotes from their interview and so I decided to do the same as I had some empty space. In the top right corner, I used the pen tool the make the text box so it didn’t go over my model. I did the same for the quote in the middle of the page. I had the quotes a red as that is the main colour of the magazine. The reason for why I us3ed the quote I did was because it thought it would draw more attention and would make the reader want to read the article more as people like to read dramatic things more.

 

 

 

 

 

Double Page Spread First Draft

 

 

 

 

Hand Drawings for Double Page Spread

This is the first drawing I made for my double page spread. There are a number of problems with this drawing including all of the empty space, the way the eyes are looking, which leads off the page, and my research shows a large letter behind the text, but I want mine to be different so it needs to be changed.

I made some improvements on this drawing by adding in a heart next to the ‘L’ as the model’s name is ‘Lily Love’, and I added a quote to fill in the empty space, however, I still have a problem with the eyes looking the wrong way and there is still some empty space. In addition, I do not like having the title of the page saying ‘She’s Back’ as that is what I had on the cover and the contents page and so I need to refer back to my research. Lastly, I do not like have the writing in only 2 permeate columns as it looks too spacey.

 

The first improvement I made with this drawing is making the picture of the model on the other side of the page to make it so the model is facing the writing instead of away. I then added three columns instead of two as that is what my research shows and it looks more professional. In addition, I changed the title to ‘lily LOVE’ as that is what my research shows, however, it seems to look more like a poster so I need to add a boarder round the edge and I need to add page numbers at the bottom.

This is the final drawing for my double page spread and this is how I would like it to look. I am happy with this as it solves all of the problems from before as I filled in the spaces, changed the title, added my own image in the back and added three columns. There only thing I need to ensure I do in the process of making my product is the make it so all of the spacing is equal.

Photograph for Double Page Spread

 

The first thing I did to change my photograph was to crop it into the right shape for my magazine cover.

 

I then changed the levels of my photograph to make it seem brighter.

I then changed the hue and saturation to make the photograph look the way I want it to. I continued this until my photograph eventually looked like this…

 

 

 

I then still thought that the picture did not seem right and thought the background looked too yellow so I used the lasso tool to select the background and changed the levels of it to look like this….

 

I then still thought that the picture did not seem right and thought the background looked too yellow so I used the lasso tool to select the background and changed the levels of it to look like this….

 

I then zoomed in closely and realised that there were some black marks on her face to change this, I had to use the clone tool at the side to remove it evenly.

 

I then realised the lipstick on my model seemed to have been done quite poorly so again I used the cloned tool to colour in the whole lips.

 

I then realised that the teeth of my model seemed to be quite dark with a hint of blue in it.

 

 I then used the Lasso Tool to select the area I want.

 

I eventually changed the teeth by making them brighter so they did not seem grey. I did this by playing with the levels to make them look better.

I then noticed that my model seemed to look like she had a bit of arm hair so I decided to use the clone tool to remove some for it to eventually look smooth and also adds some more light to the arm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Double Page Spread Picture