I have gathered a selection of double page spreads which will, in some way, influence parts of my own.

Firstly, this one in particular caught my eye immediately because of the way the text and image is arranged. I think that this is a creative way to combine the text and image as it  forms a unique layout.  I also like the way the image was cropped and I may include something similar in my double page spread.

From this double page spread I mainly liked the small range of colours as it gives the page a more minimalistic feel. Currently minimalstic design is trending across different forms of media and in graphic design, so it may be beneficial to include some aspects of simplicity for my own page.

The drop capital is also something that i'm going to include as it is generally featured in double page spreads and articles. Not only does it provide aesthetic value, it also serves as an indicator for the begining of a text - which is sometimes unclear because of the way it is arranged on the page.

I tried to imitate the iconic disclosure effect on my artist but I don't think the illustration suits the page or fits well on the artist. It could work if my magazine was based around a different genre but that effect clashes with the style of the rest of the page and looks out of place.

The double page spread is currently in the making. Once again I included another illustration but i'm nit sure if it fits well wit the page so i'm going to do a survey and act on it based on the feedback I recieve from my peers. I also added some text which isn't completed yet, I think the font size looks appropriate but I may make it smaller so I can fit more on the page. Also i'm unsure about the layout and arrangement of the text and images so I will try to experiment with it and find some more inspiration from double page spreads online. The purple accent is, once again, is present in the magazine and I want to keep this theme consistent throughout to imply that it relates to the artist and that part of his identity leaves a mark on each page.

Some editing I did for the top banner in the double page spread. I'm still experimenting

contents page

There have been several changes to the contents page as I was recently told that it needed at least three images so I attempted to fit some more of the images i took on the page. it was difficult to make the images fit on the page but after a lot of trial and error I ended up with with this layout. there are elements that were similar to the previous contents page and it still conveys the same message. For me, the page looks far too complicated and chaotic, I would have rather had a minimalistic design but the selection of images fit poorly when I tried making the page less complicated. I got the inspiration for the bar at the right from a mixtape I was listening to (the Chixtape 3), I thought the page looked better with it as it has a contrasts the vibrant colours on the rest of the page.

I changed the main image for the contents page because I was frequently told by my peers that the previous image looked far too similar to the image on the front cover. So I took a different photo of my friend and wanted to quickly show a snippet of  the experimental editing I do through the short video above.

Further editing and experimenting of mini illustration

The image above is a bit sharpened because I wasn't able to download it directly
 Nonetheless, as you can see, I have made a few changes to the contents page, I made the font smaller and added some more text, I also added a box with text on the right, but the weirdest desicion I made is pretty obvious and it was a work of pure experimenting. The little illustration on the right of the main image. I chose to include that in the contents page because I didn't want to overflow it with text so I added the icon to represent the artists independant record label. This was done because nowadays most famous artists promote their record label and they become publicly recognised with it. I'm not sure if it fits but I will surely continue to edit it and try to make it fit subtley within the page.

This was the illustration I made, I drew it and took a photo and developed it through photoshop by adjusting the brightness, adding some artistic filters and adding colour.