Photoshop Practice (3)

The final Photoshop Practice I chose to do was a Double Page Spread article. I think this was the best practice for me for when it comes to creating my own magazines, because I learned that the columns have to be equal along the bottom and that you don't want to overcrowd the article with images and unnecessary information.

I chose the light pink/purple shade for the background of the text and the background of the artists name, because the colour is similar to the flowers on her dress and that will give the double page spread article a colour scheme,  which will be easily recognised to readers of the magazine/article. I kept my font to something simple and something that is easily readable for my audience. However, I changed the font of the article's subtitle and then again, with the font of the article title. I had done this to keep diversity throughout the article and make it slightly more interesting to read, instead of it being all one font and slightly boring. I kept the colour of the text to black, because it contrasts against the pink/purple shade and white background. The black also matches the main colour of her dress and the image of her album artwork in the bottom right hand corner. The font I chose also give the article a more personal approach from the Artist, because it resembles something handwritten, and is almost like a direct note from the artist to the reader.

I chose to do my Double Page Spread article as an interview, because I think they are more interesting to read in a magazine, because its more personal to the artist and the reader can get more information out of an article, because its coming straight from the artist and isn't edited so much.

I found both of the images on Google, and I got the font for the article title from www.dafont.com which I think fits better with the concept more than what the other fonts did in my previous Photoshop practices. The main fonts I used for my titles are the things I most improved on when creating this Double Page Spread article, because I the font I used for this article blends more with the finished project.

By the time I had finished creating this Double Page Spread article, I felt confident that I knew how to use PhotoShop and the tools it offers. I also felt confident in how to layout my Double Page Spread article for this PhotoShop practice task, and this is possibly how I would want my magazine Double Page Spread article to look in the final product.