I have learned several important lessons from creating a magazine from preliminary work to final product. Proper layout, research, and planning are key to creating an authentic and realistic final outcome. Specifically, sketching out plans beforehand cuts down on creative time and allows for more efficient work. While some planning was done, more could have been applied to the research and questionnaire portions. Feedback was that the magazine covers looked professional and could pass as real magazines, validating the time spent on the Photoshop process. Overall, the creator is pleased with the project and magazine focused on a personally meaningful topic.

1. Evaluation: Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that
you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I have learnt a lot since the start of this task, I have learnt that the layout of a magazine is so important to its overall look and how
authentic and realistic it turns out to be. I have also learnt that research is an important thing to value when embarking on projects
such as these and that the more research done the easier making final outcomes will be, it also helps you to get a more
appropriate feel of what your target audience wants to see from at the end of the product. If I were to do this again I wish that I
would have planned more effectively, sketching and drawing out things before you take it onto the computer cuts the creative
process by almost a half. Planning simple little details of where you want to do things and where things should go allows you to
make your time a lot more efficient. I had done this while sketching out the plans of my final magazine outcomes but failed to plan
properly when going through my research and giving out my questionnaire. If I could do this again I would apply this depth of
planning to all aspects of my work.
Others have said that they like my magazine and it looks well made. They have gone on to say that all three of the products look as
though it could pass as a real magazine cover, which I am extremely pleased to hear, seeing as though the Photoshop process of my
work had taken up the most time and energy to finish.
Overall I am pleased with my work and pleased with the project I was able to produce, creating a magazine based on something
close to me.