Organisation / Drafting and planning

To improve on my contents page:

I am going to change the layout completely. Firstly, I am going to remove the main artist image as it's been pixelated because of the sizing. This means I will need to use a better quality image if I want to stretch it out as much as I have.

I will not use the masthead again on my final contents page because it could bring confusion to the reader as to whether they are looking at the right page or not. It also takes up too much room and a contents page is supposed to be full of juicy information and gossip that will be revealed later on in the magazine.

Between the black highlighted boxes, I should think about using spaces to ensure that it looks modern and fresh to appeal to my target audience as it creates a sense of simplicity and boldness. 

I must make sure that I edit the secondary images well so that they don't appear pixelated like the main image and have bits erased or not present e.g. half of a finger missing etc. 

I must ensure that there is a consistency of fonts as I could keep the contents stories the same as the masthead but differ the main artists quote font on her main image to give her a specific identity. 

I must make sure that all images on the contents page are prominent and aren't overlapped by the stories to give them a sense of importance and allow them to stand out to the reader.

I am doing this because looking closely at magazine's such as mixmag I have noticed that I have lots of room for improvement:

I can use negative space around the artist to feature my articles and like I said ^ I'll use highlighted boxes, this links to this cover of mixmag. This magazine has a variety of fonts but looking closely, even so, the ones used are consistent; the cover lines are the same font as the title. I'll have to do this in my magazine to stick to the generic conventions found in this edition of mixag.