BEFORE AFTER

1) I added a line across the top of the page to act as a filler, because there was previously quite a large gap and it didn’t look very good, also, Kerrang magazine often do this.

2) I increased the size of the issue number and release date for a similar reason to the first point, to fill out the top of the page a little bit more. I also think that this information is important, so therefore it should stand out to the reader.

3) I re-positioned my editor image in order to allow more room for the extra text that I added in my columns, there was also a gap between the image and the red square, which I didn’t really like.

4) As well as including titles for my stories, I have added a brief description of each one underneath the headline. This is to give the reader more detail of what they are going to read, and I was inspired by other magazines to do this.

5) I changed the colour of the font in my image description boxes from Black to yellow because you couldn’t see it very well when it was Black; also this helps them look uniform with my main feature image’s text.

6) I used a handwriting style font for my name at the end of the editor’s column, because this way it has a more personal touch to it.

7) I added another story to my ‘Gig Guide’ column because when I moved all of the text around; there was quite a big gap that needed filling.

8) I added a page number to the bottom right corner to help link my Contents Page with my other pages in the magazine.