contents page design/layout

This is my flat plan for my music magazine's contents page. I have decided to change my original idea of doing a double page spread as I am now following my style model contents which is only one page. I have decided this because I like the layout of this one more than the double page flat plan that I originally designed as I think it looks better and also will fit in with the style and genre of my magazine well.

design cover part 12

 I have used the spot healing tool to get rid of some marks that were on her chest and also a piercing at the top of her upper lip. I also noticed a small black line on the edge of the white outline around the title 'MUSE' using the brush tool. I selected the layer containing the image of my model and increased the brightness.

design cover part 11

I decided to change the design of the bottom right corner and convert it into a box. I created a new layer and placed a white shape over the text boxes, then also added some more text to fill the box. I increased the horizontal and vertical scale on the word 'plus' to make it fit across the box, and also increased the text size.

design cover part 10

I decreased the distance, spread and size on the drop shadow because there was too much black; and I don't think it was necessary to have too much drop shadow on the white text, however it looks much better with a little bit of it.

design cover part 9

I added a drop shadow onto white text because it wasn't clear enough on the background and was difficult to read.

design cover part 8

 I added the price of the magazine, the date it was issued and the US price. This is printed on the actual barcode in very small text size, as this is where it is in most magazines. I decided to include this on my barcode by placing a white rectangle shape at the top of the barcode and created a new layer for text to go on the top.

design cover part 7

the feedback I received mentioned that I needed to fill some space at the bottom of the page so I added 'world exclusive' on the bottom to inform the readers what the main story is. I also added a barcode in the bottom right hand corner to follow common conventions of a magazine layout.