The document describes the steps taken to design a double page magazine spread featuring an artist named Abbie Field. Key steps include:
1. Creating a bold heading with the artist's name to draw attention.
2. Editing and placing a full-page photo of the artist taken from Photoshop.
3. Adding an introduction text box with an emphasized first letter to mirror the heading style.
4. Arranging additional text boxes and images on the pages so the text wraps around the images.
2. Using InDesign I have created the main
heading of the magazine, which is
simply the artists name – Abbie Field.
I made the beginning of each of her
names bigger and bolder so it stands
out from the rest of the text and draws
attention to the article and makes the
reader want to read who she is.
The smaller lettering on the heading
gives the writing more interest and fits
in with the rest of the text as well as
making it look different.
3. I then added a photo of the artist to take up
the entire of the left hand side of the page.
I used Photoshop to edit the photo, I made
the blue in her leggings and the red in her
hair brighter, to make the image more
interesting. I also adjusted some of the
levels to give the image some depth.
I then placed it into InDesign and made it fit
the entire page so that one of the main
focus points is the image and the artist. The
image is interesting and fits in with the
genre of music that the magazine is based
on.
4. After typing the introduction into word, I
placed it in a text box on InDesign. I used
the letter drop down tool, so that the
beginning letter which is S was the biggest
and boldest part of the writing again adding
an emphasis on this part of the article.
The writing is in different bolder font to the
rest of the article so that the audience can
read this and see if they want to continue
reading the rest of the article.
I then placed the rest of the article into
InDesign and put in them into text boxes
that will eventually wrap around any images
added.
The question and answers are clearly
separate so that the reader will not be
confused as to what they are reading.
5. This is the final piece of my double page
spread. I edited all the photos on
Photoshop, I changed the colouring to black
and white and cut out the background using
a lasso tool, this gives the impression that
she is just floating on the page.
Using the wrap text tool, the text wrapped
around the images so that it does not
obstruct from the images and gives the
article some more interest and makes it look
more exciting.
