Contents page work iin progress

I have made a little progress on my contents page, I've trying to consolidate the positioning and the content inside the double page spread, I still need to add a lot of things and make a lot of improvement. There's a lot of white space and too simple, looks more like a newspaper article rather than a magazine article. Also the positioning of the model, plus the pose is not suitable, I think it should be  closer image of the model. But so far it looks really boring.

incomplete magazine

FRONT COVER WORKINPROGRESS

I believe I have completed my front cover as I've added the front cover picture, and done a few changes to the sublines and bars. Now I just need to work on the double page spread which I've started and contents page.

Work in progress front cover

I have completed my flat plan which means I can complete my contents page and other things. However my front cover is basically done, I just need to do a few minor changes and add the midshot. To be honest that isn't going to be the main colour of the background, it is only there so that it differentiates from the the rest as well as i just need to add something. But I'm quite satisfied by the way it looks now and I'm pretty sure it will look great when it's completed.

NUMB£ERS FLAT PLAN

WorkInProgress Actual Front cover

today I have done most part of my actual front cover. I just need to change the sublines and add the midshot. Then after that I'm basically done with the front cover. I still need to do the contents page as well as the double page spread. Furthermore, the background is only that colour due to the fact that I don't have a main image yet, and just so it doesn't look too boring.

Work In progress

I have done my flat plan and was continuing to work on my front cover. Now I am a bit more clear on how my front cover is going to look, this is not the exact but it's quite similar on how I want the end product to look like. There would be a few minor changes probably.

work-in-progress - front cover plan masthead ideas

during my pitch, the audience told me that they'd prefer if I'd change the name of my magazine. Which I completely agree with. The name of my magazine was numbers and digits which really sounds like a magazine about maths and since my magazine is about hip hop and grime I had to change it. In addition, the name was too long so I ended up changing it to NUMB£RS which now it looks more urban and "street". I have also made sure to make the word numb in numbers very obvious and by doing that I changed the colour of it to some dark red. I have not completed my plan but I'd like to make it cold in other words no bright colours, mostly dull and dark, not shiny just matte. So I could transfer the mood and atmosphere from the music onto the front cover. 

my video

In this video I have talked about the concept of my magazine and have listen to the responses carefully and have taken it into account. And one of the biggest concerns of the audience was the logotype, more like the name. Digits and Numbers/numbers and digits. It was said many things about it. Firstly that it was too long which I fully agree and sometimes can be hard to pronounce which is not very beneficial for my magazine. In addition, they said the name was irrelevant to my genre which is true. And in fact it sounds more like a maths magazine to be honest. So I decided to change the name to NUMB£RS.