Double page spread

Production Phases- Double Page Spread

To start off, I coloured the background purple, as to keep with my house style of my magazine and also as it’s a complimentary colour to green, which is also featured frequently throughout my magazine. Next, I added my artist’s logo to the top right corner which I had saved previously. The font for the logo was from www.dafont.com. By placing the logo of the artist on the page three times, not only does it look more effective and unique, but it

reinforces who the double page is about to the reader.

Next I added my article which I had written in Microsoft Word and free transformed it so that it was the correct size and shape that I wanted. I also thought that my keeping the background of the text white it makes it stand out more and it becomes clear to the reader what it is, where it is ect. I then also added the cover lines for the article and again free transformed these so that the sizes

were correct for how I wanted them. The font for these was again found on Da Font.

To add a bit more texture to the page, I next used one of the brushes found on Photoshop and also changed the colour to green- again sticking to the house style I had created for my magazine. Moreover, I believe the different shades of green and white add a more abstract feel to the double page spread, which is unique among all the others

featured today. I downloaded this brush from www.psbrushes.net and then saved the film to my are and opened the brush into Photoshop, where it will remain until deleted.

Next I added some images which I have gained from my photo shoot. To start off I opened each photo into Photoshop separately so that each one was on a different file page- this is so each one can be edited, moved and saved separately. To edit the photos I used curves. Curves allows you to change

the contrast, brightness, tone, harshness and much more all in the movement of a line. You can move the line up or down and then click on which ever part of it to alter you image more. I then copied and pasted each image onto my double page spread, which I still had open, and free transformed then to change the size and then transformed then by rotation so that they were at the correct angles.

To finalise my double page spread I again used brushes, which I had downloaded from PS Brushes, to again add flare and more texture to the page. I used a brush which was made to look like masking tape as I thought it gave the magazine a more approachable look, something that my target

audience can relate to and not feel threatened by just because it’s a magazine.

Overall, I wanted to create a double page spread which was stylised to meet the expectations of my target audience. I wanted the page to appear professional, but still have qualities which set it apart from the rest and make it eye catching to an audience through the colours, font and images. Moreover, I believe the article gives the audience a clear view on the artist, who through the article may be able to personally identify with.