I took inspiration from examples of double spread pages from XXL and Vibe magazine. I aimed to have a total of three separate images of the male artist individually and edit the opacity on Photoshop software to get the intended look. I feel this is something which presents a strong image of attitude, particularly with the central image being the male showing a hand gesture, which would be perceived by some as rude and inappropriate.
I inserted the second image and reduce the opacity to contrast with the central image and make a statement on the page.
A third image was then inserted and placed appropriately to achieve an effective, appealing and interesting statement image page.
The page on the right was previously untouched and block black. I took the idea from Vibe to place the header in the centre of the page, crossing over the two pages and overlapping images. I also used a common convention of print media- i included a pull quote which was a small section selected and picked out of the article and emphasised to interest the reader into reading the article. I made the half of the text as the heading on the images side a fill colour of bright red to contrast with the images and colours used on this page, also to fit in with the colour scheme as well as to stand out on the page and attract the reader into reading the article.
I then inserted my article onto the right page. I used the font colour white as this contrasted and complemented the black background of the page allowing the article to stand out, express attitude and represent the urban theme as well as fitting in with the colour scheme followed throughout. The idea to have the text in two block columns came from an example of an article inside of Vibe magazine.
To complete, i included page numbers, magazine website and the date appropriately, and details of the photographer and article author. The above shows the final double page spread.
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