Evaluation Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Front page:

My first task was very basic as it was my first time using Photoshop. It is very basic and there is a lot of white space which makes it look rushed. The colours make the logo hard to read and fonts used are very basic. The whole thing looks unprofessional and is of a very low standard. I think my skills have progressed a lot since my first task. The cover of my new magazine I think looks a lot better, the title stands out  and the text fits neatly on the edges of the cover not covering any of the artist’s face. The main artist is the clear focus with his name being a lot larger than the rest of the articles. There is use of different texts which helps place emphasis on different parts of the cover. There is no white space and overall it gives off a much more professional, finished feel than the first. This shows that not only have my skills in Photoshop developed, my understanding and creating of magazines have developed.

 

Contents Page:

The contents page from the first task is very basic. There is only use of on image which takes up the whole page, which makes the text on top of it hard to read. Similar to the cover in the first task, it is very basic and lacks simple details that would feature on a contents page such as a website or a contact number. My new contents page looks a lot more professional.  There is a band index, which was inspired from the NME context page. The text on the images are easy to read and the layout is a lot clearer, giving it a much more professional look than the first task which looks rushed, unprofessional and unfinished.