The Time I Made Changes Part 2

With my previous front cover, I was concerned about the top left corner of it as it seemed 'bulky' with cover lines. This is how it looked previously. 

Here under 'Exclusive', there are two lines underneath which seems to create an overcrowded effect. I have now taken out 'Exclusive' with the Hard Kaur and 50 Cent cover line. I then moved all the artists upwards and played around with the layout of the additional image of Rachel. After, I placed the Hard Kaur cover line beneath it so it looked in proportion with the rest of the content. Below is my current and changed front cover.

The Time You Saw My Changes Part 1

These are the changes that I have made so far with my front cover and contents page.

In my contents page, I have switched the layout of where my editors letter was and have placed convergent media too. Additionally, I have added more articles underneath the cover story section.

In my front cover, I have zoomed the front image so there is more emphasis to his face. I have also added additional images and placed my cover lines differently. 

This is my final product so far, however, I will continue to make small changes as I make my double page spread. 

The Time I Added Images

I have made many changes to my front cover so far and this is what it looks like:

In addition, I have added an image of actual artists: Mickey Singh and Waseem Stark. Below is the image I added along with the webpage of where I found it.

http://www.browngirlmagazine.com/2014/07/mickey-singh-talks-new-albummickstape/

The Time I Was Critiqued

Due to the fact that I finished both my front cover and contents page, I asked my Media teacher to critique my work. Below is the list of changed I should make in order to achieve a stronger grade for my magazine.

I will begin to make these changes and document them on my blog as I progress. 

The Time I Placed A +

One small change that I have placed in my magazine is changing one of the " -- " to a "+" sign as this is used in many magazines. I find this feature to be very distinctive and different than having multiple hyphens placed. I have circled where I have made this change.

The Time I Finished My Front Cover

As stated in my previous blog, I decided to add a gradient background to my front cover in order to look more aesthetically pleasing as a plain white background would not entice anyone in to reading it. 

This is my finalized front cover. As I continue to make my magazine, any changes will be documented in my blog

The Time I Experimented

As my initial choice for my background colour of my front cover was white, as i continued to add cover lines, it came to my attention that the background looked very plain. This made me experiment with different gradient tools in order to take into consideration what my front cover would look like with a gradient background. This is what I came up with...

This is my cover so far without a gradient

This is a very subtle gradient background 

I like this background. I will change the colour of the word "interview" and "hunterz"

I also like this due to its simplicity. 

I will continue to experiment and will post my front cover background choice in my next blog post