The document discusses the design choices made in laying out a magazine spread. These include placing text under an image to make it readable, capitalizing and enlarging the initial letter to add texture and tie the spread together, adding pull quote boxes to break up large blocks of text and engage the audience, and including page numbers to look professional and minimize text. The overall goal was to achieve a vintage, elegant yet edgy design that reflected the magazine's audience and genre.

1. I placed an off white banner
under my text, which I have
moved to under the image, to
make the article legible. I did this
in order to add a newspaper
effect to give the magazine a
vintage, elegant yet edgy look.
I decided to place my text
under then image and
vertically to the left as, the
image contained too much
blank space. It also added a
vintage, magazine effect
keeping with my audience
and genre. I placed the
writing in blocks to further
create a newspaper
I experimented with a variety of different
colours for the enlarged initial such as, red,
different shades of green and orange. I
decided that dark green was the most
suitable colour as, was present within the
image, thus tying the double page spread
together. I decided to capitalize and enlarge
the first initial to add a textured, decorative
look.
I decided to add a decorative pull quote box in order to
break up the vast amounts of text. I did this as was aware
that my audience prefers minimal text, so to minimize the
illusion of large text amounts I used the boxes to separate
the text, thus enticing my audience.
I added the page number to create a
professional look to the magazine
whilst, segregating text and thus
minimizing the amount of text present.
I chose this font as adds decoration to
the page and reflects the nature of the
artist within the magazine,
spontaneous and edgy.