Graphics Evaluation - Unit 1

Double Page Spreads

Double Page Spread Design

 These are the 3 designs I have made for my double page spreads. All three designs include a headline, byline, running head, drop caps, pull quotes, sub headings, folios and a range of images depending on the layout. They also all have margains in different forms also depending on the layout and how the content fits into the grid.

DPS - Double Page Spreads

For my double page spreads I have made some first draft ideas of different kinds of layouts that I could use. I have taken into account the use of white space and how much or how little there is, like in he 3rd and 7th scamp, and also taken into account how the type can be used as an image like in the 1st and 3rd scamp. The colour scheme I have chosen to do for my double page will be a mixture between pastel browns and blues and rich reds and cool blues, depending on which magazine front cover is for which double page but all to fit in with the 'British Fashion' theme. 

Magazine Covers

Contact Sheet

I like images 1 & 2 due to the lighting elements and the available usage of the white space. Image 1 has quite bright lightening, allowing for visual interest on Lydia and the scenery behind her. Whereas image 2 has a much darker brightness but works well to emphasise the shadows of the ground and on Lydia herself which contrasts with the white sky behind her and creates a good space to add the title of the magazine but still have white space surrounding. 

 Images 3, 4 and 5 I found to be the better images out of the ones I took due to white space and visual interest. Images 3 and 4 both have the main subject towards the right hand side and further down meaning there is the possibility to have the magazine name at the top and then add left alignment to the rest of the text on the cover. Whereas image 5 has the subject closer to the middle meaning that the text can be  made to either be left or right aligned or surround Katie herself. All 3 three images also have lots of areas of visual interest meaning that white space can be use to draw the audience's attention to these areas.

Cover Drafts