Project Progress- Week starting 17th February

Even though it was half term this week, I still came in to college to catch up on the production of my magazine. I was able to create the layouts of all of my DPS' now that I had a definite and clear idea of what I wanted and had found a similar layout style in Cooler magazine.

These 2 images below are the first drafts of my fashion DPS. I am happy with how it is going so far but I just think they look too bare at the moment. I will probably have to write some text in order to fill in some of the spaces.

After thinking about this DPS for a while, I decided that I didn't like the arrows being there. I have also managed to write some text to fill in space. I have worked on this DPS for a long time this week and I'm very happy with it. I also wanted to make the pages more interesting and textured so this is why I added the paint splatters. To do this I had to re-learn how to install brushes from the website 'brusheezy'.

I have also started to create the contents page. I have found it easier to do this now that I have created the rest of my magazine because it means that I can get the same tone throughout the magazine and give it brand identity. I need to add more articles and somehow fill in the space in the bottom right quarter of the page, under the image.

I've added more articles and I think I have now finished the final contents page. Also, to fill in the space, I decided to create a letter from the editor. I think that this adds to the close relationship that the magazine has with its readers and also reflects it.

Now that I have finished the rest of my magazine I can focus on the Facebook article to get it into an aesthetic that I'm happy with.

This is the final version of this DPS. I added a breakout box to add more variety to the article in the range and sources of information it gives.