After finishing my first draft of my double page spread I had a couple of peers and my teacher give me some feedback on the design and layout. This was useful because it gave me an outsider view of what needs tweaking and improving.
The main pieces of feedback were:
- add more drama/conflict to the stand-first to make it more grabbing to the reader
- stronger colours with more contrast
- add more impact to the drop capital (suggestion: add a black box to contrast the green)
From this feedback I know what my targets for development will be, mostly making it more attention grabbing and impactful for the reader. Some specific things I’ll look at are the colouring, especially for my pull quote and drop capital, and also the wording of my stand-first.