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2-pg Spread Feedback and Final Revisions

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Changes Before After After creating my final 2-page spread, I asked my family and peers about what they felt about my final 2-page spread. After taking their feedback into account, I changed some of my Final 2-page spread. I did this, in order to make my final 2-page spread more professional and attention grabbing. This final 2-page spread incorporates most of the feedback I was given, by my family and my peers. The first feedback I received was to add different fonts and font styles to improve the appearance of my 2-page spread. Besides images, I was told to add designs to give my 2-page spread the feel of an art magazine. I decided to take half of this feedback into consideration, as I changed the font for my Headline, from Open Sans to Rustic Printed. I also changed the font of my subhead from Open Sans to Sukar (Yes, that’s an actual font.) I did this, in order to give more personality to my 2-page spread, and make it look more artistic. The fonts I chose are sans serif fonts, as t

Final 2-pg Spread and Elaboration of Choices

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  My Final 2-page Spread Mockup      This is my final mockup for the 2-page spread of my Art magazine. The section head of this 2-page spread is called, “Art Insider”, as the content present in the text, talks about the deeper meaning represented in the featured art pieces and gives a brief explanation behind their production. The section head is placed on the top of the 2-page spread, so that the reader can easily identify which category this article/spread is from. This gives the reader an opportunity to select which category is their favorite, and helps them locate their favorite article more efficiently and effectively. Section/Running heads are usually placed at the top of every page of a magazine and aid readers in navigating through an article easily. A running head should be designed creatively so that it looks good, because it is present on almost all pages of the magazine and a reader sees it every now and then. So, it has to be visually attractive.The Headline of my 2-page s

Planning the 2-pg Spread Layout

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  Digital Layout #1 This is the first digital layout of my 2-page spread for my Art magazine. Firstly, the section head is placed on the top of the 2-page spread, so that the reader can easily identify which category this article/spread is from. This gives the reader an opportunity to select which category is their favorite, and helps them locate their favorite article more efficiently and effectively. Section/Running heads are usually placed at the top of every page of a magazine and aid readers in navigating through an article easily. A running head should be designed creatively so that it looks good, because it is present on almost all pages of the magazine and a reader sees it every now and then. So, it has to be visually attractive. The headline is then placed on the right side of the image, so that the reader can clearly see what the article is about. Headlines are the most important element of a magazine layout design. It can be of various sizes, but should be set in a size bigg

2-pg Spread - Voice, Language and Audience

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  Article #1 This article is about Nick Cave, who designs colorful and meaningful soundsuits, which are then displayed on several walls. These walls are located in many art galleries in New York City. By looking at this 2-page spread, I can definitely tell that this follows the conventions of an Art Magazine as the formatting on this page is really colorful, bright, vivid and attention-grabbing. This makes this 2-page spread really interesting and fun to read. By looking at this 2-page spread, I can definitely tell that this follows the conventions of an Art Magazine. The text does not blend in with the spread, as it has an orange background behind it, so that the reader can easily browse through the main idea of the article. This spread also includes many pictures, in order to give its readers an actual representation of what is being talked about, in this case, Nick Cave’s colorful soundsuits. Another thing about this spread that grabbed my attention, is that it isn’t only focused on