This document summarizes the process of designing a double page spread (DPS) for a magazine article about a band. The designer chose green and black colors to match the tone of the exciting concert photo and used guidelines in Quark to help layout the text. Feedback suggested reducing the number of colors, so the designer switched to yellow, red, and white to tie it to the cover and contents page. The final DPS replaced a blurry band photo with a collage of cards and photos to fit the article.

1. This is the first print screen of my Double page spread I have used this picture
because it very exiting as it is of a gig, also it seems very exiting and fun.
Because of the green colours shown in the picture I have decided it best to use
the colour green for my main title also my stand first introduces the band an
gives a brief explanation of who they are and what the article is about.

2. Here I have used the colour black in my background to allow the picture and
writing to stand out a little more. Also I think it is a good Idea to keep with the
darker colours as it makes it seem more Angry and aggressive emphasising that
rock attitude. I feel a little happier using Quark as have used it to do my
contents page, so I feel I know how to used it well now, I find it really helpful as
it has guides so I know where everything needs to be.

3. Here I have used the colour red for the article a these colours are associated
with energy, power, and passion which is what the band have in the music. So I
have been choosing my colours carefully to show some that I have a clear
understanding on how to design a DPS and knowing how to link colours with
the words.

4. Here in this print screen all I have don’t is change the colour to make it a little
brighter I have changed it to yellow as it was a most chosen colour in my
questionnaire but also yellow is very effective for attracting attention, it also
symbolises loyalty. And many artists are loyal to there music.

5. Here I have added some more images to make the article more appealing as in
many of the article I have looked at in Kerrang! and NME have used more than
one image. I have also put some of the bands details at the bottom in red to
make is seem more realistic.

6. I was given some feed back about m DPS and I realised that I was using too
many colours so I decided to stick to the colours yellow, red and white to make
it more appealing and inking it with the colours I have been using in my front
cover and contents. Also four colours was a little too much, in most magazines
there are around two/three colours used very really four colours are used.

7. This is the final shot of my double page spread, which I have ha to chad my image
for only because any images I had of the band were blurry and didn’t look very
good when they were printed so I had to be creative wit my head and create
something that was going to fit in with my article so I have used some cards that
the band had given me and I took some shots of them in different positions to
see If I could make a good picture out of them.