The author drafted their magazine cover multiple times, changing the title from "Showdown" to "Pulse" to better fit their R&B theme. They settled on a design with a red title and black outline over a gradient background. Headers and celebrity photos were added to make the cover look more professional while following the "rule of three" for visual balance. The contents page was simpler but the author is unsure if it looks as polished as the cover.

1. My Magazine and Evaluation<br />I have constructed many drafts for my magazine to change it in my ideal RNB magazine. I have changed it from changing my title from showdown to pulse. I decided to do this as I was browsing for fonts to use for my magazine and none would fit into my title Showdown. Therefore I began to think of other names that would be suitable for an RNB magazine. I later came up with the idea of pulse, and had my font into a sharp font that read Pulse across the top. Then there is a line going through my masthead that reads like your pulse would on a heart monitor to make it look like a ‘Pulse.’ <br />My first draft I had a white background with a black title and only red font in some words however I didn’t think this look professional and didn’t look like a real sophisticated magazine, therefore I changed this into a red title with a black outline. This contrasted better as I had a background of a gradient which fades from white to grey to black across my page. I then chose red font to go over the black and grey. However I still thought my magazine was empty so i began to upload and create headers/ rating stars. I had 2 pictures of celebrities on the front of my magazine and other headers to show what was featured in the magazine. I then thought my magazine is beginning to look more professional however I had forgotten about the rule of 3 with my pictures. I moved 1 of my headers to put a third picture under the other 2 o show the rule of 3. I then decided to leave my magazine front cover as that as I feel the colours contrast and it looks like a professional RNB magazine.<br />My contents page was simpler to do than my front cover as I didn’t have as many drafts. I started off to separate my contents page into 2 sides, and have a line going down the middle. However I decided this did not look right and changed the scheme towards my contents page by putting a picture on one side of the magazine. I decided to leave my background white as the picture I displayed was black and grey already, and if I had a white background I don’t think the colours would contrast well with each other. <br />I used colours to contrast with each other as red black and grey is like RNB as I couldn’t choose colours such as pink and yellow as these would not go with the theme of my magazine. If I has to change something overall in my magazine, I would probably change the contents page and redraft more for the contents page until I get the perfect contents page for my magazine. I don’t know if it looked as professional as my magazine front cover.<br />