After doing lots of planning and work to work up towards our double page spread I finally made my very first draft. Here is my draft of my double page spread:

3 Things I like about my double page spread

• I think the photo I chose too use was really good as it has a good use of MES and fits nicely with the double page spread.
• I think the text I used for the headline draws attention well.
• I think my text box for the columns of text work well as it is transparent so you can still see the photo but can also still read the writing.

5 things I need to improve on

• I don’t think the image that is used amongst the text is write as you can see the image cuts off part of the models hand so you can see a box shape.
• I think I need to change one of the decorative fonts as I have used two different fonts and it makes the page look overcrowded.
• The headline is far too small and needs to be bigger.
• The drop capital font I am still not sure about and the positing of the drop cap doesn’t look right and looks as if it may need some adjusting.
• Although I don’t want to cover my star up the second page looks to empty so I think I need to include some things on that page such as a stand fourth maybe and more.

Reflection

Overall I am not entirely pleased with my double page spread although this was very rushed and was the first draft so there is time for improvement. I think seeing what needs to be improved has given me some clear targets to work on in order to improve my magazine but of course there is still a lot more improvement that could be made and of course I still have to add my own article in as I have not managed to finish it and I have only used placeholder text.