Final contents page

I really like my final contents page draft, I have used conventions to make it look professional and I think the colour scheme matches really well and matches the colour of the masthead of my magazine too. The 'subscribe' plug is a different colour to everything else, which means it stands out from the rest and will draw peoples' attention. I didn't put a border around the pictures, but added lines to put them in boxes to separate them from one another, which I think makes it look neater and professional.

Contents page draft three

In this draft I have put borders around my pictures and the background of my features and my 'subscribe' plug, I also changed the font to make the contents page look a little more interesting and less plain. I added backgrounds to the headings, and although I think it makes them stand out more for my next draft I am going to change the colour as I think that the blue doesn't stand out enough. I also think I will change the layout a little as all my features are a bit uneven and I think that by making the different sections of features level with each other it will make my contents page look more professional.

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Contents page draft two

I have changed the background of my 'subscribe' plug to make it stand out more and add a QR code to make it look more current, and added more features and changed the colour scheme to make it a little brighter by giving the different features grey backgrounds, I've also changed the headings of my features to red to tie in the title 'Notion.' in with the colour scheme of the contents page. I think that to improve on my next draft I will border the backgrounds of my features, and make the page numbers the same colour as my feature headings to make the colour scheme come together a lot more, I also think I will give the headings a background to make them stand out more and put borders around the pictures as well.

Contents page first draft

This is my first draft and although the colour scheme matches I think that it could be a little bright. I like the picture of Pulp in the top left hand corner and the band fits the genre of my magazine. To improve on my next draft I will add another picture and more contents features, and I'm going to add a QR code and make the background of the 'subscribe feature' a different colour from yellow, and I think I will change the colour scheme a little to make it more eye-catching.

Improved front cover final draft

I changed the background colour of my front cover to tone down the amount of blue, I also moved the cover line advertising the main featured artist to the middle because the readers line of sight is usually drawn to the middle and so it will be more inclined to catch their attention, I also put bands around 'Canterbury' and 'Jake Bugg' to make them look a lot more prominent and draw the magazine together a lot more, as well as this I also changed the main artists name so that it is slanting across the page and has a band behind it to make it stand out more and I changed the font of the masthead and stretched it out across the width of the front cover to make it more attention grabbing and effective.

Response to feedback

In response to the feedback I have been given I am going to see if I can re-size and readjust the main image on my final draft, and I will try and fill up the sides of my draft with more cover lines to make it look less empty.

Peer Feedback

Luke Bolton

You're blog is good, all posts are very detailed. You're front cover is very eye catching. It looks like you have worked extremely hard.

Peer feedback

Jonny page

Even though it's a great band and a great album the background makes it look a bit cheesy. The final draft is good as it includes a lot of information and has most if not all the main conventions of a front cover, but the picture looks stretched and a little unprofessional.

Feed Back

Lauren Larkins

I really like your blog and the detail of describing every photo you posted, saying what you like and dislike about the images. Your drafts clearly show the development of your work and your final front cover has lots of conventions. You could maybe move the circle up a bit near the masthead to fill the magazine a bit more.

Peer Assessment

Ellie Broughton 

I really like the detail you are going into with each post, you have done extra work and added personal touches which I think is really effective. On your front cover I like the colour scheme and also I really like the name of you magazine however I suggest maybe changing the font or even the boldness of the colour lines to add more character to the magazine.