Halima Khan designed a double page spread for Nation Hits magazine featuring singer Marcus Cole. She included the magazine's "N" logo and added a background of white and red lines to make the page stand out. Using Photoshop, she brightened the main image and changed its background to orange/red to blend with the page. She used different fonts for the logo, title, and singer's name to distinguish the elements. The main image and a smaller one showed the singer's passion for music. The article discusses Cole's second album and number one single after being nominated at the Grammys. Khan used Quark to design the cover, double page spread, and content pages consistently.

1. CREATING MY DOUBLE PAGE
SPREAD
BY HALIMA KHAN

2. DESIGNING MY LOGO AND BACKGROUND
Whilst creating my double page
spread, I decided to include the “N”
logo to make the audience aware that
this specific double page spread
belongs to Nation hits magazine. I
wanted to make the double page
spread stand out in comparison to the
cover and content, that’s why I
decided to add a background effect.
The effect I decided to go for was
white lines, on the right hand
side, and then bigger red lines on the
left. i believe the lines added
emphasis to the page and made it
look more effective.

3. EDITING THE MAIN IMAGE
With the use of Photoshop I
edited the main image on my
double page spread. I
brightened the image with the
use of “effect of
filter, magenta” on quark to
make the picture look effective.
I also changed the background
to a orange/red in order to blend
in with the double page
background.

4. LOGO AND IMAGE
I used the main magazine logo “N” in
my double page spread, simply so the
audience are aware that this page
belongs to the “nation hits” magazine.
I used a variety of fonts. I used the
font “chalkboard” with a large size of
“240” in order to make the “N” stand
out from the rest of the page. I then
used “tekton pro” for the actual title of
the page, and lastly for the name of
the singer, I used “Lucida blackletter”
as the subheading in order for the
audience to distinguish the difference
between the title and the singers name.
I decided to place a large
image, alongside a smaller one on the
right hand, and them both of different
poses. The poses suggest that the
singer is passionate about singing, and
values music an awful lot.

5. The article is about Marcus Cole’s come up and the release
of his second album after heading to the 54th Grammy
Awards and earning a nomination for the number 1 spot for
Best New Artist. After his album rose to number 1 later in
the year he gained even more recognition once he achieved
his second number one single on the charts.
Text on my double page spread

6. USING QUARK
I have used QUARK for all three of my pages which are front
cover, double page spread, and lastly content page. I used the same tools
on each page with the use of quark.
For this specific page, I had used color, measurements ( font, size) and
lastly page layout.