College Magazine Evaluation

My college magazine turned out pretty well. I wanted to go for a simple and sophisticated vibe which I think I accomplished. My front cover was an image of my friend who posed in the main entrance which was empty so it looked professional. I added a bold Mast-Head in the colour white and a simple font which I thought looked really good. Alongside this to give the magazine a more realistic feel, I added a bar code and prices. Some cover lines were added, however not many, this made my magazine cover look slightly plain.

I attempted to follow the plan I made for my magazine as much as possible, which I think I did pretty well so I'm happy about that. The only thing I didn't follow, which I feel would have benefited the look of my cover was a few cover lines. I left this out which as a result made my cover look very plain and lifeless as it didn't give an insight of what could be in the magazine.

The feedback I received on my cover, mentioned points mainly on having more cover lines and adding more colour to my cover as it isn't really eye-catching and I very much agree which that. If I added more cover lines and more colour to my cover I feel as the magazine would of looked very real, and sophisticated, I will keep this advice in  mind for when I design another magazine cover.

Due my magazine cover being very plain, I decided to make my contents page more lively and colourful. I attempted this by, adding loads of images with different colours in the back and I added some font in red to make it contrast with the black and white coloured text, so it stood out more. The way my contents page looked was pretty good and I am happy with it. To make it suit more to the theme of school, I took a picture of a notice board in college and made that the background image of the contents page, this I feel as gave it the school vibe and looked good too.

I stuck to my sketch of the contents page and made it exactly alike. I feel as it looked really good when I finished it.

For the feedback on my contents page, I was still told to to make it more colourful, which I suppose I could have done through the colour of the fonts I used. Other than that I was told it looked good.

The feedback I received was fairly positive and I still am, very happy with the outcome of my college magazine. Especially as this was my first try at making one, I was bound to make mistakes however when attempting another magazine cover, etc... I will try my hardest not to repeat the same mistakes.