Drafting and planning

I have finished my first draft for my double page spread:

To connect with the burgundy and white theme throughout my magazine, I have ensured that the colours of my fonts stick to these two colours in the double page spread. I have used a lime green background once again to make a link to the lime green background on the front page and the contents page. 

The large image is my main artist quite obviously as it's a large picture of her in connection to the large picture of her on the FP and CP. I used a secondary image on my double page spread because many magazines of all genres do this to make sure that it's full to the rim of gossip and information. The secondary image is an artist whose name is actually featured inside the article and this is the reason I included it.

I used a quote positioned underneath the main artist image which is a rhetorical question. A rhetorical question draws the reader in, leading them to want to know more. It's also very personal and makes the article appear interesting. I positioned the heading 'SIAN EXCLUSIVE' in the top left hand corner to establish an order and then the subheading underneath it which is a simple summary of what the article will be about.

I stuck to the two main fonts in my magazine of 'courier new' and 'segoe UI semibold'. This creates consistency throughout  my magazine because both of these fonts are used on my FP and CP too. The font colour of the questions in the article is burgundy which connects to the masthead colour and the white connects to the colour scheme throughout the magazine generally. This differentiates the questions and answers and makes the DPS seem coherent and clear.

I've ensured that the article was written in columns because this is what all magazines follow when typing their stories. I used a rather large letter for the first letter of the article which links with all other magazines and newspapers etc. and establishes the beginning of the article too. 

Overall I am happy with this first draft of the double page spread as I've kept the consistency with the fonts, colour schemes and artist image. I also like the change in artist appearance from FP and CP to the DPS, it presents that I have a wide range of images of my artist too. 

However, to improve on my DPS I think I could have positioned the main artist image somewhere else and perhaps could have positioned the secondary image where the article says S.O.D's name for coherence. But on the whole I am very happy...