Contents page progress.

I played around with the white border and black background and the white lines used to under line the headings on the contents page. the positioning of them i kept altering to suit the page and look more professional and organized.

I then added the headers to the page, which i used my own fonts and sizes that i use on the cover page as well to look like its from the same magazine as an alternate to how clash had done their contents page with their chosen fonts. I added a issue date to this magazine above the header and made sure all positioning of the text and under linings fitted together neatly.

Then i added all my text on the pages, i used the same layout as clash did in showing the page numbers and whats on each page but i added my own different page numbers and topics on those pages to match my magazine issue. The clash magazines always give a brief on their main cover story so i did the same about The Saints to give a taste of whats going to be on that page in their interview. I wanted to use the same type of text that clash use that old typewriter look as it looks really retro and cool.

Then finally to add my own touch and design for my magazine i placed my magazine title in the top right hand side in black and in the middle right hand side placed a page number which clash don't use for the contents page but i think it makes mine look more realistic having a page number.

Inspiration for contents page.

This is the contents page design for clash magazine, they use this layout and design for every magazine issue but in different colours depending on the issue even if it doesnt match their cover page or double page spread design. I really like this simplistic style, its really effective being as the contents meant to just say whats in the magazine it does but in a really sophisticated style. I want to copy this style but put my own mark on it for my magazine, to do this i shall play around with colours, different fonts, the text used, adding different items to the contents page. But having this contents page design i shall need to make me cover and double page spread like similar but incorporate the fonts used on the contents page, just to help make all pages look like they are from the same magazine.

Magazine final draft.

These are my final drafts of my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I was able to use all the correct fonts i wanted accept for my double page spread i had to change the front to be more readable as the font couldn't fit on that one page i wanted the text to be placed. So then i had to change the font of the contents page and look like it all came from the same magazine. I am unhappy about my images as they all show shadows due to the lack of lighting i had available and that all my models didn't turn up so i had to improvise and only take an image of two of them for the contents page when their should be four of them, an image of the whole band. I shall be doing my photos again for my final design so thats its exactly what i want it to be and look like.

I did hand in my double page spread with the article written on it but due to complications with the software i used to put the article on the page layout i made on photoshop i couldn't place the final design on my blog, i should be able to after to its been marked on paper.

Magazine mock up.

This is my mock up for my cover page design. i was influenced by I-D magazine to place my magazine title in the top left hand corner of the page on its side going down the page, i find this really effective and unique. As i have chosen my magazine style to be simplistic i kept my cover page simply, with a masthead, main image filling the whole page and a cover line. 

This is my mock up of my contents page. i was influenced by the contents pages i research, i haven't placed the word contents page on here because i want it to look simplistic and unique. the layout is pretty basic, iv only used one image which i was debating weather to place filling the whole page half of the page or just in the right hand side at the top of the page. i found this look really effective, with more information on the contents page about the pages in my magazine.

This is a mock up of my double page spread, again iv kept it simply. Iv used just the one image filling the whole left and side page and using little quotes on both pages to attract the readers to read the full article. while i have placed the title of the interview at the top of the right hand side page and my magazine title small in the right hand corner which will be on ever page of the magazine as well as the page number too.

Analysis of contents page.

Analysis of Contents Page

Preliminary Magazine.