portfolio for print section

1. Research

2. Glamour magazine published:
October 14th 2017
In this front cover the designer has used bold colors in the text to
make them stand out and bounce off the page. It also includes a soft
tone of background. Using a soft colored background makes the text
colors stand out eve more as if the background was also a bold
color, the text would blend in with it.
The words used on the page are used to attract young adults and
teenagers as they use words such as "bad ass" and include names of
celebrities that young adults will recognize. With the text, it is
indirect and informal. They also use bold fonts to make the text
stand out on the page
The photography is the central asset of the cover as it takes up most
of the space and is ne of the first things you see. This picture is one
of a popular celebrity which attracts the audience. In this ratio of
text and pictures, there is more text than pictures but the picture in
this cover takes up most of the layout.

3. GLAMOUR MAGAZINE PUBLISHED:
OCTOBER 14TH 2017
The colors of this spread are pretty basic as it includes
whites and blacks. The benefit of this is that the audience
would not like so many colors on the page because it
would be too distracting.
Like the front cover, the text in this spread are words to
attract young adults and teenagers as it is talking about
subjects such as relationships. he text is a basic font so it
is readable for the audience. The way it is addressed to
the audience is that is direct because it uses words such
as "you" and "us". It also has a formal style
The photography on this page is the central asset as it
takes up most of the space. The image goes with the
subject of the spread as it shows a couple together. In
this ratio this is more text than images however the
image is clearly one of the main assets as it takes up
more space than the text. T

4. GLAMOUR MAGAZINE website
The creator of the website has used basic
colors such as black and white so that (color
wise) the website does not look crowded
and is easy to the eye for the audience.
This specific article is aimed at a young
adult/teenage audience as it uses slogan
such as "new hair, who dis?" Which young
people will recognize and find relatable or
funny. Looking at the whole article, the text
picture ratio shows that there is a fair
balance of text and images. The fonts shown
on this website are simplistic and easy to
read. The subtitle is in a bolder font in order
for it to stand out on the page. The address
is indirect and informal.

5. Elle magazine published:
October 21st 2017The color scheme of this magazine cover is different to the previous
front cover. Glamour magazine used bold colors whereas Elle
magazine has used basic colors such as black, grey and white and
has also used a pink font to make that piece of text stand out from
the other pieces of text.
unlike glamour magazine, this magazines cover doesn't use a lot of
words to attract a specific audience. The words used are names of
famous celebrities in which some are those who may not be
recognized by younger viewers. The fonts used are bold to stand
out on the page so the audience is tempted to buy the product or
at least have a look inside the magazine. The address of the text is
indirect and a mixture of formal and informal.
The photo is used as the key asset in this cover as it is the first thing
that the audience sees when they pick up the product. This photo
may attract the reader as the woman in the photo is a very famous
actress known for playing in a lot of well known films. As a text
picture ratio there is a bigger amount of text than images however
the image is at a big scale on the page so the audience will be more
intrigued in the image first than the text.

6. ELLE MAGAZINE PUBLISHED:
OCTOBER 21ST 2017Similar to glamour magazine, this magazines double page spreads
color scheme is pretty basic as it mainly consists of black and
white for simplicity and easy reading.
The type of writing in this spread is used to attract the audience is
set for a more mature audience as it talks about subjects like
gender and race in a working environment. Similar to glamour
magazines double page spread, this magazines font style is basic
and readable so the reader doesn't struggle when reading the
text. The way the article is addressed is indirect as the writer has
used words like "I" and other peoples names and doesn't address
the reader personally. The magazine spread is also formal because
there I no sign of slang words and doesn't seem like this story
would come up in regular conversation but would come up in a
news story for instance or as well a magazine/newspaper article.
The photography in this is pretty simple as it consists of authors of
the article. Compared to glamour magazines image they both
have relation to their article but differ in who is in the pictures as
glamour magazines picture is of a couple where as Elle magazines
is of the authors. For this ratio of text and images there is clearly a
bigger ratio of text than pictures. This may harm the design as
some audiences may not want to read a lot of text for a long
period of time. However it also could help the magazine as some
people might find the article and the magazine interesting and
want to continue reading the article.

7. ELLE MAGAZINE website
Compared to Glamour Magazine, there are a
lot of similarities. For example the color
schemes are identical with a simplistic black
and white form with color coming from the
images and for this website, the
advertisements. Looking at the text, however,
there are differences. With this magazine the
creator has gone for a elegant look when
choosing the font and has gone with a small-
medium sized text whereas Glamour
magazine has gone for big and bold texts to
attract more attention for the reader. This
article is aimed for teenagers as the page talks
about social media trends which most
teenagers are interested in just like the
previous magazine. It looks like the picture-
text ratio is even as it includes pictures and
text. The address in this article is informal just
like the previous website

8. Vogue Magazine Published Februrary
2018: With this magazine, the colour scheme has both similarities and differences to both Elle
and Glamour. The colour used in the title and headlines match the outfits on the
models like Glamour does and also uses the grey tones as the background of the image
like Elle magazine. The use of the pinks and the grey work well and compliment each
other making the cover stand out but also make it subtle.
The use of the words in this cover are similar ones used in Elle Magazine. They creator
has used such words as celebrities names and words that attract to reader such as "first
look" and "new collection". Unlike Elle and Glamour Magazine, Vogue has used direct
phrases such as "why we need to talk about race" suggesting that the reader really
needs to read the article and attracting them to purchase the magazine.
Another similarity that all of the magazine covers shown is that they all have a single
image as the key asset for their magazine front cover. In this example for Vogue, the
image of the two women take up the majority of the space on the page with headlines
running across the page and not around them like Glamour magazine does. And in this
magazine, Vogue has used two models instead of one like Elle and Glamour do. This fills
up space and shows the reader that these two women are the key asset to this weeks
issue.

9. Vogue Magazine Published
February 2018: With this magazine there is a lot of colour sourcing from the
models outfits. With the rest of the page the creator has gone
for a basic colour scheme with blacks whites and browns. This
is similar to what Glamour and Elle Magazine have done as
they both have sourced their colour from the images.
The type of writing could be set towards on older audience as
the subject is about a piece of clothing which you wouldn't
really see a younger generation such as teenagers wear. this
set audience is similar to Elle magazine as that magazine have
also got a mature audience range. Glamour magazine, on the
other hand, has set their target audience towards the younger
viewers like teenagers with not only their text but with the
layout of their pages and front covers
With this text to image ratio, I would say that the ratio is
pretty even with its amount. Size wise the images are bigger
than the text like glamour magazine. Unlike Elle magazine,

10. Vogue Magazine Website
Looking at all the magazines websites,
there are a lot of similarities, the layouts
on the magazines are similar with the title
of the magazine and the menu board on
the top and the contents of the article in
the middle with social media links and
advertisements around it. The colour
schemes are the same with a black and
white scheme with colour sourcing from
the images. The headline for the article is
also made a bigger size text to the rest of
the page to attract the reader and an
image is clearly shown and largely
proportioned. However, Looking through
this page on the website, there is a lot
more images and clickable assets than
text. This can not be seen in both Elle and
glamour magazine

11. Links I used to retrieve the magazines
and their websites
http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/selena-gomez-blonde-hair
https://issuu.com/sdfsdfjkjk/docs/15dfvdvf
https://issuu.com/tamhyo/docs/elle_usa__november_2017
http://www.elleuk.com/fashion/trends/articles/g32356/2017-most-instagrammed-
fashion-trends-from-around-the-world/

12. Planning

13. Proposal
For my project I have decided to do a fashion and beauty magazine and website. I have decided to call my magazine
'Jane Magazine'. My audience is teenagers and young adults. Preferably women but an be aimed at men as well. There is
no specific social status for this magazine. You can be single or in a relationship and you would have the same experience
with the magazine.This magazine will not have any specific opinions on any religious belief, traits, personality or opinion
so that the magazine can include everyone no matter what their psychographics are.
What I learned on the previous project is that I need to make a wider range of ideas for the project as in the previous
project I only stuck with one and when that went wrong and wasn't able to happen, I was stuck on what to do. I also
need to work on my time management and not get distracted as much in order do get the work done to the best I can
do and in time. At the end of my previous project I realized I could of added more assets to my work so it would look
more finished and clean.
In order to get a good teen magazine I will have to do a lot of research. I need to understand what teenage girls are into in
the modern day and what interests them. If I create an article which is more aimed at an older or younger age range,
teenagers may not be interested and not want to purchase the magazine.
In order to evaluate my project at the end of the project, I will have to compare my work to pre existing magazines and
websites and also compare it to my original plans as I may have changed some assets in the magazine. Comparing my
magzine

14. Magazine Double Page Spread Practice
For this double page spread, I have gone with a
simplistic layout by using only two images and
have the text as the central asset I have used
Loren ipsum to create the text and separated the
text into paragraphs and columns to make the
pages look organized and professional. I have used
the grids to help me set where all the assets were
going to be placed and I made sure that the
headline for the practice article was clear. Taking
all of the benefits into account there is a few
problems I would like to point out. With this page I
see that I could of added more images. This would
of made the spread look more interesting. I could
also have been more adventurous with colour as it
is looking pretty basic with only color coming from
the images. These are good things I can consider
for when I do my production.

15. Website practice
With this website I have used wix website designer
for my practice website. I did have a look at other
website builders but I found wix the easiest to use.
With this website I have gone with a black and
white color scheme and gone for a range of assets
such as a video background and a slideshow.
However I did use a template for this website which
I won't be using for the production so I can be
more original with my website.

16. Magazine Cover Practice
I have used photoshop to create this practice cover. I
stayed with the theme of the practice website to create
this cover. The things I like about this cover is that the
colors of the title and headlines match the skirt that the
dancer is wearing and goes with the sky in the
background. I also like how I have cut out the arm of the
dancer so that it can overlap the title. Although I like
what I have done with the piece, I would of liked to add
more headlines to the cover and maybe added some
bubbles and squares around the text. Overall I like what
I have done with this front cover and I'm going to take
some of the techniques I have used in consideration for
when I do my production for my own magazine.

17. Idea generation

18. heading
subheading
Text
Introduction to
article
Image
Nail oil
Text
Advice about growing nails
Text
Stop biting nails
Text
Stop biting nails by wearing
nail polish
Image
Nail biting
polish
Image
Black
nail polish
Text
Nail painting tips
Image
Hand with painted nails
Image
Nail polish
Image
Nail polish
Text
Nail polish
recommendations

19. Style sheet
- knight brush font for headings and sub headings
-Studio Gothic font
Color scheme

20. Website plan

21. Production schedule
Breakdown of production
Photography
Contingency
improvement

22. Production

23. Front cover

24. Double Page Spread

25. Website
https://abbeyglancy1206.wixsite.com/jane-magazine

26. Evaluation

27. Front cover
COMPARED TO A PRE EXISTING MAGAZINE FRONT COVER WHICH WAS THE SOLE INSPIRATION FOR MY
MAGAZINE, MY FRONT COVER HAS SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES TO IT. ONE OF THE SIMILARITIES IS THE
COLOR SCHEME. IN THE PRE EXISTING MAGAZINE THEY HAVE USED A PALE PASTEL TO DARK GRADIENT AS THE
BACKGROUND AND HAS USED THE COLORS ON THE MODEL AS THE TEXT COLORS SO THEY CAN MATCH. MY
MAGAZINE FRONT COVER HAS A BLUE TO WHITE GRADIENT BACKGROUND AND I HAVE ALSO MATCHED THE
COLORS OF THE MODEL AND BACKGROUND TO THE COVER LINE AND TITLE.
LOOKING AT THE TEXT RATIO OF THE PRE EXISTING MAGAZINE AND MY MAGAZINE, IT IS CLEAR TO SEE THAT
THE PRE EXISTING MAGAZINE HAS A BIGGER PROPORTION. WHEN LOOKING AT THE FRONT COVERS SIDE TO
SIDE, MY FRONT COVER LOOKS UNFINISHED AS THERE IS WAY LESS COVER LINES THAN THE PRE EXISTING
FRONT COVER.
ANOTHER SIMILARITY I HAVE SPOTTED BETWEEN THE TWO IS THAT THE USE OF THE IMAGE. IN BOTH COVERS,
THE IMAGE OF THE MODEL HAS BEEN CUT AROUND THE HEAD SO IT WILL LAYER OVER THE TITLE OF THE
MAGAZINE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I CAN SPOT IS THAT THE PRE EXISTING MODELS CUTOUT HAS BEEN
SOFTENED SO IT DOESN’T LOOK AS MANUFACTURED UNLIKE MINE WHICH IS KIND OF OBVIOUS THAT THE
IMAGE HAS BEEN CUT OUT AND PLACED INTO ITS POSITION
EVEN THOUGH THE TWO COVERS HAVE USED DIFFERENT FONTS, THE STYLE OF FONTS ARE PRETTY SIMILAR.
BOTH MAGAZINES HAVE USED A BOLD STYLE IN ORDER FOR THE TEXT TO STAND OUT ON THE PAGE.

28. Front Cover
comparing the front cover to my original plans I pretty much stuck to it. In my
mind map I suggested that the headlines would go around the model, the
image would be my own photography and that I should stick to the colour
scheme which was a range of blues, purples, black and white. Although I
haven't added all the colours in my colour scheme I have stuck to the colours
that where in it. The image of the model is my own photography and the
headlines go around the model however, I could of added more colour to the
page, I could of added more headlines to make it look less unfinished and I
could of improved the quality of the image
Comparing the plans to the end product, there are really no differences. I could
of added more ideas throughout the production and done more than the initial
plans. I think this would of benefited to the production and made the page a lot
better if I went outside the planning.

29. Front Cover
During the process of production I did face a few problems. For example, I struggled with
cutting out the model on the page. You can see this around her head as you can see it is
clearly cut out and it is not softened to give a clearer image. I also struggled with thinking
of headlines to go on the page. I believe this may of hurt my page as now it looks
unfinished.
What I have learnt with this piece that I need to focus on the layout and making sure there
is a great proportion of assets in order to have less whitespace on the page and making it
look finished.
Looking through the process of production there are little changes
comparing it to the final product. I have kept the same title,
subheading and background. The only changes I have made since
this screenshot is change the position of the barcode, changed the
colours of the headings and added an image onto the page.

30. Double page spread
Compared to the pre existing double page spread, my pages layout is quite different. In the pre existing
product, the image is taking up most of the space and the text laid out around the image whereas mine has
a bigger text ratio to images.
Even though my double page spread has a bigger number ratio of images than the pre existing, my size ratio
is different to the existing product. In my double page spread main focus is the text and the images are
much smaller so they don’t take up much space on the page therefore is not the main focus of the page
whereas on the pre existing double page spread, the image is much bigger than the text in order for the
image to be the highlight of the page.
One of the main similarities between the pre existing product and my product is that they both have similar
colour schemes and text styles. In both spreads, the colour scheme is really stuck to black and white with
hints of colour sourced from the images. The text style is also similar with the paragraph starting off with a
bigger letter but the pre existing pages text is a smaller font size and has a smaller gap between the lines
unlike mine

31. Double Page Spread
Looking at my double page spread and the layout plan I did for it, I pretty much stuck to what
I was originally going to do with a few minor changes. For example at the bottom of the left
page, I was originally going to have two images but only went with one because I realised that
it might of looked crowded at the bottom of the page. I also changed the image on the
bottom of the right page to a list of products that were featured on the page and how much
you could buy them for.
Looking at the style sheet from before I have seen that I have made a few changes on the
page from what I was originally going to use. For example I only used half of the colours I was
going to use and only stuck with a basic black and white colour scheme. I also didn’t use much
of the fonts I was going to use for texts because I found better fonts on InDesign.

32. Double page spread
With the double page spread I had a few problems. For instance, with in design I had trouble
with having the images in the right proportion without the image being cropped. I struggled
with some of the tools in in design and couldn’t figure out how to use them properly. I also
had trouble with the text as sometimes the layout of the text would not go to plan. I
managed to figure it out but now the reader might get confused of the order the text comes
in with the odd layout.
I feel like I could of added more colour to the page as it looks a bit bland with a basic black
and white colour scheme. I also have bits of white space which could have been made use of
with an image or another bit of text. The numbers for the products are of different widths
and proportions which is distracting and messy and could do with all being the same size.
From analysing my product I have learnt that I need to take more care with the layout so it is
easy to read and not messy for the audience.

33. website
Comparing the pre existing website and my website, there are some similarities.
For example the colour scheme on both mine and the pre exiting websites is quite
basic with the black and white form.
The layout, however, Is different between the two websites. For example, the
navigation bar is laced differently and social media links are shown at the top of
the page in the pre existing website whereas min is displayed at the bottom.
Comparing text in both websites there are less similarities than differences. My
website has more text and bigger font sizes unlike the pre existing website which
has little to no text with a smaller size range of the text.

34. Website
Compared to my original plan I have changed a few things such as the contact us page which
does no longer exist, I have changed what was going to be on the main page and the gallery
is placed on the home page instead of being on a separate page.
One of the things that went wrong was that I did not do much planning for the website apart
from a flowchart and a mind map. This affected my website as I went into it with no real ideas
of what I wanted to do for the website and making things up as I went along. This lead to a
couple of pages with little on them and no detail.
With this website I feel like there could have been more detail to the text and adding more
assets to the home page and about page. I also could of added more pages as the menu bar
looks small. With little content to these pages, the audience would not be interested. I could
of also added more colour to the site because it is following a black and white scheme.
From this experience, what I have learnt is that I need to do better planning in order for the
production to be easier to handle.

35. Improved Production

36. Front Cover
To improve my page I have got rid of the gradient background and gone with white
background for simplicity. I have also added more headlines so that the page does not
look unfinished. I also thought It would be a good idea to add bubbles and boxes
around the text and filled them with the blue colour that I have on some of the other
headlines. I have also added a price tag for the magazine, re-placed the barcode and
changed the size gaps of the headlines. Overall I think the improved product is much
better than my previous design and has made it look more like a magazine than a
poster

37. Double Page Spread
To improve my double page spread I have re arranged to
columns so that it is easy for the reader to see where they
need to read next after finishing a paragraph. I have also
added more images on the second page to fill up a gap that
was there before. The numbers I used were all different fonts
and sizes so I've gone back in a fixed that to make the page
look more sophisticated. To conclude on this piece I think that
the improvements have benefited the double page spread.