The document discusses various conventions used in magazine design and layout that the author followed or challenged in their own magazine design. These conventions include using large main images that take up half a double page spread; including drop caps to introduce articles and paragraphs; using clear titles to identify artists; typically placing page numbers at the bottom of pages but choosing to put them at the top; employing columns to structure text; and utilizing pull quotes to highlight important parts of interviews and entice readers. The author explains how they adhered to or modified these conventions in designing their own magazine.

1. Following and challenging
conventions: inspiration
from existing products
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2. Main Images
 Main images on double page
spreads conventionally take
up at least one half of the
double page spread and in
some cases even overlapping
onto two pages. The
examples here are from Q
and NME and as you can see
they take up one page and
are usually framed with a
midshot. I chose to take a
midshot photo for my
magazine in order to depict
my artist clearly. Moreover I
made the picture extremely
larger than the page
however cut it off at the
page fold as I thought this
was effective and followed
the style of my magazine

3. Drop Caps
 Drop caps are a convection
that magazines use to
introduce the double page
spread article or even
sometimes to introduce the
start of a new paragraph.
These are some examples of
drop caps from NME and Q. I
followed this convention in my
double page spread as I
thought that it followed to
followed my house style and
the rest of my magazine really
well. Moreover I chose to keep
my drop caps the same colour
as the rest of the text rather
than changing it as I thought it
flowed with the simple look of
my magazine.

4. Titles
 Titles are important to a
magazine so that you
know what artist you’re
reading the article about
and is also good for when
the audience is scanning
through the book so they
can easily find the article
they’re looking for
without having to read
all of the text.

5. Page Numbers
 Page numbers are a convention
and a necessity and page in the
magazine so that the readers
can quickly and easily find the
articles they're looking for using
the contents page. Most
magazines print them out on the
bottom of the page out the way
but I felt like rbeaking
conventions as I thought it suited
my magaznies style at the top of
the page.

6. Collums
 Collums are used to
paragraph the article into
different sections and
are often used in double
page spreads as a
question answer squeme
usually is used on double
page spreads. Moreover if
all of the text was in one
block it’d be harder to
read.

7. Pull Out Quotes
Pull out quotes are very
conventional as it allows
the reader to see a main
feature of the article or
also is used to make the
reader read the article by
putting something out of
context to make the
reader want to read the
rest to find out why the
artist said what was in the
pull out quote