Final Submission

When I had my 3rd quarter submission reviewed by my peers, I got very positive feedback, but the more I looked at it, I felt that I could do more. I wanted it to look as professional as possible. So, I did more research. I started by looking up more magazine covers such as People, Seventeen, and Time. I then looked up layout inspiration for the table of contents and article pages. After more editing, this is my final outcome.

For the cover, I practically redid the entire page. I started with the title. I felt like the title was to plain and disappeared when looking at the page. I began by experimenting with the fonts I had created when I was first starting the project. I decided to use this one because it is bold and stands out, especially with the black outline. One thing I really like about the new design is that I edited the model so that she appears over the title. This is a very common edit that I noticed throughout all my research. Popular magazines do this because they now people will recognize the magazine even if some of the title is covered. I also changed the fonts of the subheadings. I made the main subheading, "Emotion in Photography" much larger than the others to let the readers know that the is the main featured article. For the smaller subheadings, I used more stylish fonts to make the page look more enticing. I noticed with many of the researched magazines, they use many different fonts for the cover. Doing this helps separate everything on the page, while also making it more interesting for the reader.

The table of contents stayed somewhat similar. The main difference is the font change. I changed the font of the title "Contents". I felt that this font looked more professional. For each featured article on the page, I used a much bolder font. I didn't like the font I used on the third quarter submission. When researching layouts, I noticed that many popular magazines put the numbers in the largest font.

For the article pages, I made some minor changes. Firstly, I changed the article text fonts to Garamond. Based on my research, I found that this is the most commonly used font for magazines. I changed the font of the subheadings to a more stylish font as well. For the pull quote, I used two fonts instead of one. For the main words I used a cursive font. The other words are in a plain font. This puts importance on the main words, while also making it a more unique design.