The document discusses the design choices made in laying out a double page magazine spread. To complement the dark green colors used on the cover, the designer used the Photoshop crop tool to add part of an earth-toned picture to the background for a realistic look. Text was placed in columns on the right page only to avoid clutter and keep the focus on the picture on the left page, where only the side profile of the artist could be seen. Black and green colors were used for text against the natural background. Formatting was done to have the text flow around the artist's body rather than a typical magazine layout. Technical skills in Photoshop were applied to blur the artist's skin for a quality finished design suiting

1. I decided to go for an earthy look because
the colours links with the dark green I’ve
been using throughout my front cover and
contents page. I dropped my picture into
Photoshop and didn’t want change the
dimension of the photo, so I used the ‘Crop
Tool’ to take some of the picture and add it
within the middle to fill the gap. This gave
my background a more realistic look and it
complements my artist and genre
I used the ‘Transformation Tool’ to adjust
the picture on the right to bring
background together and look like it was a
whole picture

2. I’ve used the same font throughout because
it’s bold and sharp and it stands out from the
page; it also complements my genre and main
artist- showing that it’s masculine
I wanted to place all my text on the right to avoid clutter
on the left because the picture is the main attraction on
that page and it looks more presentable whereas on the
left you only have the side profile of my artist which
enables me to grab my audiences attention by the text

3. By dropping my text into columns it gives the article
a better appeal for my audience because it’s easy to
follow . By having a natural background I found it
hard to use colours against the picture because it
doesn’t read well, so I decided to use black and
green colours, with either a white or black stoke
around it so that it’s easy to read and understand
After all my text was placed on my page I decided
to form it around his body so that it doesn’t look
like a typical magazine. I decide to move my Pull
Quote down the page and put a heading at the top
to introduce the article and what it will be about,
this gives the reader a slight idea of what it’s going
to be appearing in the article. To add to the
finishing touches I also used the ‘Blur Tool’
smoothen his skin and give it a better quality
finish. All together I used my technical skills to
show my ability at creating a finished double page
spread which suits my audience and genre.