It is basically exactly the same organisation of my developed draft, as everything went very according to plan including my photos. I've added small features like the page numbers and "Words by" part, just for that real professionality and to draw everything together.
I've made this background to look like a room and although I'm not totally thrilled with it, I think it gives an interesting appearance. The way it's quite grainy actually works in my advantage I think, as it looks less plain and unreal, and the shading of it just gives some variation to the background. I think it's subtle but I don't think it would be the same without it. I've also burned it in parts to create dull shadows of where my images are to try and make it look like they're part of the same photo.
For both my images, all I've really done is even out pigmentation, heightened brightness and contrast and added a drop and internal shadow. I also managed to remove the shadow from my sitting image, as there is on the original image on her back. I did this by just smudging and covering it with similar colours. I think the shadows on the headphone one work really well, similarly to the headphones image on my contents, so it's just like there's something good about that set of images. I was really pleased I managed to have the headphone wire leaking into the frame, because I think it's just one of those tiny quirky differences that looks really good.
For the font of the title I did use an image of P!nk's logo, but I've cut it out and coloured it to suit my house style. I think using the Gill Sans MT was the right decision, as it looks much more like an interview in a magazine. I've also used the drop cap 4 lines into it which is the typical amount looking at others.
My first draft is shown here and like my contents, it's incredibly similar to my final draft. I got some suggestions on how I could improve it, even just things to try, which included;- Switching the left page number (on contents too) to make it a mirror image
- Put a quote from the article somewhere
- Have small hints of green - "Words by.." and the quotation marks
- A small corner title categorising what section of the magazine it was
I tried all these changes on my second draft, as seen here. I had no problem changing the page number as this is something I genuinely hadn't noticed until then, and I understood why. I tried putting a quote on, although it had to be in pink because I couldn't use white or black because of the placement, so I'm not sure if I'm keen on it. I added some green, I don't know if if makes the quote look a bit messy compared to the very fresh neat feel of the rest of the page. I then added a little phrase in the top left corner, "Cover Character", telling the reader this is a feature from my cover, which I think is something I'll stick with as it's subtle and what would be a handy navigation tool for the reader looking through the magazine.
On gaining more feedback from my teacher, she liked the changes, although when I said I felt the quote made it look a bit messy she suggested I alter the hue of my model's shoes to keep it all together if that's what I was unhappy with. She also suggested I make the quotation marks smaller, just so they don't cover any parts of the words and recomended I changed the feature in the top right corner. In the end I did decide to use "Exclusive" as it is that conventional emotive phrase used commonly. It gives the reader the sense that they're reading something no one else has, that it's special to them, which is why so many magazines, and not just in the music genre, use it. I think the combination of the style I've put it in helps with the connotations, as it's bold italic (or DemiOblique as Photoshop calls it) which I think gives it that fast, fresh, important look. I've also turned it to have it running verticalling down the page just to give it an edge, I also feel it fits better this way. So with these changes I created my final DPS article at the top of the post.
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