Final feature spread construction

I began the creation of my double page spread for my magazine 'MOSH' by creating a blank photoshop document in the size of A3 in order to accomodate two pages. I used a subtle gradient in a sepia tonal color in order to create a base for the rest of the double page spread.

I laid a scan of a crumpled piece of paper over the background and turned the opacity setting down to 60% to retain part of the color of the background.

I then added in scans of ripped pieces of paper in order to gain a more rugged and botched effect to the double page spread, I felt this was in-keeping with the genre of my magazine. I made these ripped pieces a grey/black color to contrast with the sepia/brown shade of the crumpled paper.

I took the masthead from the cover page of my magazine and used 'black and white' adjustments to make it black. I turned the opacity down to 70% in oreder to make it look faded and worn.

I added the text "BACKSTAGE EXCLUSIVE" underneath the heading of the page in order to aquire a link to my front cover's sub heading that advertises these particular pages.

Here I used the same logo from my front cover for the fictional band 'DAWN', the subject of the double page spread is an interview with the lead singer who comments on a performance at the music festival 'Download', hence the sub-title "AT DOWNLOAD 2013". I felt that both headers 'MOSH' and 'DAWN' needed to stand out in order to grab the attention of someone flicking through the magazine. This was most certainly the case for the 'DAWN' logo, I kept it white to contrast with the text used for the first header and it's text.

The text displayed here is the interview with the band member, I used a black/grey font to contrast with the brighter background but to still be in-keeping with the washed out, worn theme of the pages. The text isn't the first thing to grab you on the page, I desired to make the later added images and quotes the focal points of the double page. The page numbers added in the corners are a white/ pink color to contrast with the grey laying behind.

I decided to add in key quotes from the interview and place them over the pages. I used yellow text to make the quotes stand out to the reader, I intended that the reader's eye be drawn to these quotes to allow them key information without reading the complete text. However this text may create a desire to read the full article.

I added black strips behind the quotes to make them more substantial and noticeable. This also links back to the strips used on the cover of the magazine.

Here I added my first image, the model represents the band member in the interview. I edited this image in Photoshop 'black and white' adjustments, I applied a brownish tint to the image to make it more subtle and personal in order to fit with the nature of the interview.

I added the second image to the page in order to represent the concert that is mentioned in the interview, I rubbed out small grains of the picture to make it blend with the background.

I added this next picture to make a link to the front cover, this image is largely similar to the one initially used, it has been cropped and then faded at the sides with a rubber brush tool to again make it blend with the background.







Here I added text to accompany the interview and the picture to the right. This is my final double page spread design.