This document outlines the draft process for a magazine project. It describes 7 drafts where changes were made to improve the design and layout of the cover, contents page, and double page spread. The key changes included experimenting with color schemes, images, and text layouts. The final draft incorporated feedback from previous drafts to create a cohesive design across all pages that resembled a professional magazine.
2. This was my first draft of the
magazine which I had only just
decided on the name and font types. I
decided to go with a less cluttered
look for the front cover and contents
page as I think it makes the magazine
stand out compared to the cluttered
up magazines and also makes it
easier to read. on the contents page I
just laid out the plan and also made it
quite similar to the cover page.
The double page spread is like a poster image
on one side and text on the other as I think this
way is quite effective. I decided that for this page
I would have all the text bundled together so it
was easy to follow and also so the image would
stand out alone on one page.
3. My second draft included colour and a
small amount of text and image which I
though didn't really seemed to look like a
magazine cover so I tried to gradient the
colour but also this did not work. Once I
added the image to the contents page I
thought that the image would go really
well on a magazine but not so much for a
music one. As for the double page I didn't
really like the colour with it being on both
sides and this also never worked for the
gradient .
4. For my third draft I added another image
and more text. I gave the magazine a
headline and added an image to the front
cover which I though didn’t really look right
as the orange seemed to make the model
look slightly orange as well. I also took the
gradient off as I looked through magazines
and they don’t tend to have a gradient as
the main colour theme. The contents page
stayed pretty much the same apart from the
colour which I didn’t think looked right but I
kept the image on there as I though that it
might work with a different colour. As in the
previous draft I didn’t like the double page
the same colour I put the
text side with the colour
then the other side like a
poster type which I think
would have worked but
with a different colour.
5. For this draft I changed the colour back
to the original but without the gradient
and added another image which I
thought worked quite well . As for the
contents page I did exactly the same but
removed the image as it didn’t go well
with the magazine and I also thought
that this made it look more effective. I
also started on the double page on this
draft and I added another image of the
same model with an added shadow that
was created on Photoshop and left the
background white so it was poster like. I
also moved around some boxes to make
everything fit on neatly
but I didn’t think these
pages looked like they
fit together and also
the colour schemes
didn’t quite go.
6. In this draft I kept the cover and
contents page exactly the same and
focused on the double page as I
thought that this was going to take
the longest out of all the pages. For
the double page I had added the
interview and also another image to
go with the text well. I kept the image
on the right side the same but
changed the back ground colour so
the pages looked like they were
joined together and removed some
boxes which I though were pointless
to be there. I gave the page a title and
a introduction text
which I though made
the page stand out
more as this was in
black.
7. Yet again I kept the front page and
contents page the same as I was focusing
on getting the double page together
properly. The double page didn’t really
change much in this draft as I had all the
main things on there just had to really
change the colour. Although once I had
the double page to my liking I didn’t
think it went well with the other pages
so I was then going to change them for
my next draft and also maybe slightly
edit the double page if anything else
changes through this.
8. Again as I hadn't touched the
contents page I though I had to at
least get an image on there and
some contents. This image was taken
of a band member as I was watching
their concert which I thought would
be a really good idea of having an
actual band included in my
magazine. This image got cut from
the background and added a slight
shadow to make it look like it had
been from a photo-shoot. I also
added more content to my double
page as once I found out that the
text was too big I had
quite a lot of white
space left so I added in
more text and also a
Image below this set
out like the back of an
album which I thought
might have worked
really well.
9. As I had some content for the contents
page in the last draft I though I would
complete the front cover as I think this is
the most effective thing for the audience
as it is the first thing they see. My front
page had changed dramatically from the
last draft as I has a boarder round and
made the colour theme black and white as
this went best with the double page
spread I had previously done. I also added
another image to the front cover so it
wasn’t as plain and added all the kickers
and cover lines to complete the page. For
the contents page I removed all the images
and text on to a word document as I needed to
change the layout of this as it wasn’t really as
effective as the front page. I looked for inspiration
for this page as I didn’t really know how to lay out
the page to well and I ended up looking at the
billboard contents page a s I thought it would be the
most effective for my magazine. For the double page
I removed the album like image as I didn’t think it
really went well with image on the page
10. From the last draft I added the text and
image to the contents page and also
added in the top 40 in the charts which I
though made the magazine look like a
music magazine. I also added in another
image to this so the contents page didn’t
look bare and I was also going to add
more images to complete this page. But
the front page and double page both
stayed the same as my main focus was
on getting the contents page up to nearly
completion.
11. As I had content on each page I
decided to do some minor final
changes to the magazine which
included changing the font sizes on
each page because as I was working
in 50% the words were twice as big if
I were to print it so I did this then on
the contents page I added two more
images from which were taken at a
concert and added these to the top
where there was originally only one.
On the double page I added even
more text and rounded of the edges
on the header. I also move the pull
quote to the other
page to fill in the white space and rounded off these
edges too. As the questions for the interview didn’t
really stand out I made them bolder and put them in
a red box with white writing.
12. This is my final draft of the magazine which I
am really please with the ending results as I
think it looks like a proper magazine and they
all look like their from the same magazine. To
finish off the magazine I added a plus to the
front cover with more text and for the
double page I made the pull quote go behind
the image like the header. Also for this page I
added the black boarder so you can see that
the magazine pages belong together and the
white background wasn’t really simple.
Overall I am very happy with the way the
magazine has produced and how the
development of it has
finally come together to
create a (I would say)
Successful magazine.
