DPS design

On Photoshop I have finished designing my DPS. Before I show the draft for the DPS article, I want to show what I have also been working on. I feel that the design is the most important part of a magazine, while it's critical to do articles right without any mistakes, the design and how a magazine looks is more important as its the thing that most people will notice first, and if a magazine page doesn't look appealing then nobody will look further into it.

As you can see I have taken some inspiration to some elements of the DPS that I posted with DPS influences. There is the big red M in the background and the main image of the musician. other features that I included are captions next to the photos and the page numbers. When I get feedback some elements may change but time will tell....

Time management- the double page spread(draft, article)

Now that I have done the contents page, it's about time I started working on the DPS.
I am currently working on the design on Photoshop , you will see a finished design later today.
Then I'll post the draft of the article marked by my lecturer. Then once any issues with the article are fixed, The draft will be posted.

Contents page draft 5

I have made some minor adjustments to my contents page. Firstly the "Ivo Botnick" headline has been moved beneath the image of me. I have done this to take away some space from the text box so I could add more information to it and without any context, the image just looks out of place.

Some of the other changes include some alterations and editions to the puffs on the photos. I have made them alliterative so they sound more catchy.

Contents page draft 4

This draft of my contents page has seen many changes. Firstly the layout has been altered. The objects have been spaced apart to look more like one of my particular magazine influences and to feel less claustrophobic. I have added a subscribe box as magazines often  have a certain part on one of their pages where they ask their reader to subscribe to them. The text inside that black box is yellow to pay homage to one of the Kerrang issues.
I have added two puffs, one on the top and one on one of the images. This is to make the reader think that the magazine they are reading is amazing, interesting and informative.

I have added page numbers next to the images to take away any dead space, and to inform that to see the stories of these particular people are on those pages. Other changes include the box that had features used to be in black, now its red. i did this because once again, I'm paying homage to one of the issues to Q magazine.

Contents page draft 3

This is the 3rd draft of my contents page and I have made a few adjustments.

Since I did draft 2 of my DPS I needed to change up the contend page to keep consistency. for example the page number has been changed from being big and on the top of the page to being text and placed on the bottom, I have done this to keep consistency with the DPS as I have done exactly the same there and to make it look more like an actual magazine as they have the page number at the bottom. I have also added one more headline to add more content and i rearranged the page numbers to make more sense continuity wise since I changed the page numbers of the DPS. The regular features are slightly different as I have added subscriber questions.

Other than that nothing else has exactly changed, the pictures are same as are the oculars layout, etc.

Contents page draft 2

A few adjustments have been made for draft 2 as I have received feedback.
Firstly there are more things listed on the page to make it look like the magazine has lots of content to offer the reader.  I've also moved the main article next to one of the images, this is to fill the dead space that image has and it clarifies what the main article is more clearly than putting it in the list. The layout has slightly changed, I've changed the size of the contents title as my lecturer said it was too big and I have made a black banner to put both the issue number and featuring. I've also made the text coloring more consistent, it alternates from red to black because those are two of the primary colors for my magazine.      

Time management- I'm back

After a break, I'm back to working on this Blog. I will start working on the second draft to my contents page as I have received some feedback from my lecturer. the new post will be coming soon