Evaluation of my draft.

I have worked hard on my draft versions but I think they need alterations because they don't look quite right yet. Definitely the contents page needs a completely different layout because it doesn't look effective at all. I'm going to made different edits of the photographs on that page to see if it would look better with a stencil style effect, like the front cover and double page spread. I also think I need to change the layout and more information about the articles. I think the cover worked well with the collage effect background however I think I need to change the colour of the puffs because they don't stand out very well. I might also change some of the fonts because I have used Boston Traffic too many times. I like how the double page spread turned out. However, I need to fiddle around with the columns a bit more to fit all the text in without going round the pictures too much. Also I think it might be more effective if I added a bold quote in the text to cut it up more and draw the reader in.

From this I have learnt more about how to use photoshop and how to create a good photo with the right lighting. I feel that I have progressed from my preliminary work because I have a better understand about how a magazine should look and what conventions I need to keep to for example the thirds - having certain things I the right third so that it could be seen if it was folded or on a shelf. I think a small independent magazine institution would distribute my magazine, like Development Hell Ltd. I think fans of punk young and old but more teenagers and young adults with the link to street art. However the "arty" style might attract other people who like more indie and different style.