College Magazine evaluation

Self Evaluation: I like the colours which kept the look of the magazine simple and I also like the cover photo because of the lighting and it defies conventions of a college magazine in a good way. However, it does look too visually busy in areas because of the cover lines and the picture doesn't suit the look of the magazine. The contents page looks more professional and the colours and font are consistent which add to that look. It also is less visually cluttered than the front cover, however the page numbers aren't lined up properly and the which looks less professional. The image I used for one of my cover lines didn't fit well with the rest of the magazine.

Peer Evaluation: Comments
'You're Front Cover is too clustered and visually busy which may make it unappealing to certain consumers. On the other hand you're choice of image and font are correct and brings the mag to life.'

'I agree with the above statement ... but however there are some positives , for example the image that was taken looks really good and a good you use of a consistent colour throughout the whole page.'

These comments from my blog show the same feelings that I had for my magazine, others had told me my contents page could have more images and I could make it a double page to include more. I have also had comments that say the colours are nice but there should be a three colour scheme and the font could be more professional and less stylised.

Improvements:
I should use more guidelines while making my contents page to make sure the layout is properly aligned and neat so it looks professional. Higher quality images because the one I used did not fit with the aesthetic of the magazine. Use more images in my contents page so it is visually pleasing to the consumer. Better, spaced out cover lines s it doesn't clutter the front cover/cover star, make them a consistent size. Less empty space in the contents page. I could also manipulate the image in photoshop more by using tools like brightness/contrast or the burn/dodge tool on the shadows/midtones/highlights of the photo.