Front cover: Features

I was first planning on using these features for my cover, I thought the colours blended in well and the layout was very clear. The only problem I had was not being able to see the text clearly because of the image clashing with the writing making it hard to read. I used pink as it matched her lipstick, after playing around with the colour scheme I came up with pink, blue and purple. I was not aware of the amount of colours I was supposed to use, if I knew then I probably would have then just used pink and blue. The graphic was one of my favourite part because I thought it would make my magazine look professional since it was very simple but the font colour should have been white so it could stand out. Looking at it now, the writing doesn’t stand out as much, it would have been very hard to read and it was quite dull compared to how the features look now.

The features now look much better, they stand out more and there is more colour to the magazine. The text stands out more with the highlight making it easier to read and it looks more attractive to the eye. The pull quote has been changed to white so it could be easier to read and it stands out from the other features because it’s not highlighted or coloured. The graphic to introduce the interview has been changed to a rectangle at first I wasn’t happy about it but now it looks better above the name of the artist. The artist name font colour had been changed to match the theme colour, the theme colour had been changed to pink, purple, black and white. Changing the colours made a huge difference as the magazine looks more like a Pop magazine and it functions well together.

The gossip girls was a great touch to fill up the empty spaces of the magazine, it stands out because the boxes are different sizes and slightly tilted rather than being straight like the other features. I also included another graphic of a splash, this just fills up the corner and it also looks great and conventional especially with the ‘OMG!’ on the side to make it seem girly.

Overall, I believe the changes to the features look much better and they obviously play a huge part in making my magazine.