1. The document describes the process of designing a contents page for a magazine, adding various design elements like colored boxes, lines, images, and logos to make it look more professional and finished. 2. Revisions were made such as changing colors to be lighter and more readable, removing Facebook/Twitter logos and replacing with simpler logos, and adjusting images and text sizes to fit additional content. 3. The final version has additional articles, photos, contact information, issue numbering, and other elements to create a polished, fully-designed contents page.

1. Skills Development
Contents page

2. 1
This is the start of my contents page,
I have added a facebook and twitter
logo to encourage the readers to
follow/like pages…
I then added colour filled boxes as a
design feature, I chose the dark
tones as it works well with blue.
By places some page numbers on
the right, I was able to see where I
could have some features for my
contents page.

3. 2 I then added some more design
features such as a thin blue line, it’s
simple but still looks attractive.
I also added a large plus rather then
actually spelling the word, because
it saves room and looks more
professional.
At first I was going to you two
separate images of Freja but
instead I just used the one and
enlarged it. By adding text on top of
the image, it draws your attention
and looks dramatic.
The colour scheme works well
together and I’m happy with the
results so far!

4. 3
As you can see, I have used effects such as
Drop Shadow and Outer Glow, this is
because it makes the text stand out further
and looks cleaner.
I've added another line as a design
feature, just to fill up space and add more
relevant colours.
I used ‘month’ rather than ‘week’, due to
the fact that monthly seems more
appropriate for a music magazine.

5. I have changed the colour of my
4 boxes to a light opacity, this is
because it looks classier and also
easier to read. I have also
rotated the image of my cover
straight as it looks more
appealing.
I also removed my Facebook and
Twitter logo’s and I have no
replaced them with simpler
logo’s which suit my magazine
more, as before they were too
bold and pop like. I found these
logo’s on the internet and then
pasted them onto my Photoshop
document.
I wanted the logo’s to have a
slight twist to them, so I changed
the colour to a pale blue/grey,
they now blend in well with the
rest of the page.

6. 5
I had my text covered by
the grey box, so I moved
my text above this layer
and now you can see the
writing clearer. I also
added a drop shadow on
my masthead/logo to add
more impact.
I got feedback and a
suggestion was to remove
my exclamation mark as it
was irrelevant, I agree
with the feedback and I
prefer this now.

7. 6
I added a webpage as it would make the
contents page more realistic/professional.
I also looked online to see if this was an
existing webpage and it wasn’t!

8. 7
I've added more articles for my
regulars because there are only a
few, I still need more and I will
have to keep changing the size of
the page numbers and text as this
goes on.
I also have to make sure that the
text and page numbers are level
with each other.

9. I have added more of my
8 own photography, I have
used two Long shots and
one medium close up
shot. I then added the
page numbers at added
drop shadow effect on the
page numbers so they are
more apparent and easier
to read.
I then inserted three black
filled rectangles that the
captions could lay on. I
changed the opacity on
these rectangles so they
weren’t too dark or too
light, I made them 74%.
I adjusted the title to a larger size so I could I used the font size of 9 as
over lay the images on top. it looks dainty and
elegant.

10. 9
I then again made the text smaller, down to
the font size of 11, this was because I could
add more regular articles. I lined all the text
and number to make sure they are all equal
and straight, and also to be in line with the
+. I achieved this by using the grid tool.
I kept the blue filter on top of regulars
column so the text is more apparent, I also
added more blue filled lines as design
features.

11. 10
I want to achieve a good high grade, in order to get this
I needed to add more to my contents page, therefore I
made another filtered box and used this for the
‘contact us’ part. I added an email address, office
address and telephone number. I used the @ sign
purely because I uses up space and looks more
professional.
I also added my Blob to the bottom right of contents
page and the page number with the black line design
feature, as I previously forgot this!

12. 11
• By creating a text box I was
able to add the issue number
on my contents page.

13. 12
I added these colour filled
boxes by opening a new layer,
drawing a box and using the fill
tool to fill in the colour. I then
changed the opacity so they
aren’t too bold. I am using
these as a design feature and
too fill up space and add more
colour.

14. 13 • I added another image to fill
more space by uploading it
onto photoshop. I then
cropped it and blurred the
edges to look more
professional. I added another
colour filled box by opening a
new layer, drawing a box and
filling it with black paint from
the bucket too.
• I also added a grey box for the
other cover lines to sit on the
same way and added text by
using the text tool.