I'd already got the headline of the article and the smaller tagline sorted out, as well as the positions for both members of the first band (i.e. myself, twice, both looking slightly different). I then pretty much just used the text tool to copy and paste in what I'd written for the bands, and used the "enter" key a lot to make the text fit into a column. There's probably an easier way to do it than that, but I don't know how and it works for me the way I do it, so I did it like that. Yeah.
I've then been concentrating on making the larger titles and quotes look eye-catching. Using the same two colours over and over again is a bit of a gamble, I reckon - on the one hand, you end up with a very noticeable style, drawing attention to the main parts of the article, emphasising words, etc. But on the other hand, the simple style could also be considered boring. I decided to get around the slightly dull look by pretty much cheating and just using a gradient across the entire background, from white to a very very light shade of grey. Using italics for certain words helps add variation as well, so I used that a couple of times as well.
On the whole, I'm really pleased with how the spread has turned out. Now I just need to gather up a few more pictures and figure out how I'm gonna finish the feature and actually make a start on the cover and the contents pages. I really need to get a move on if I'm to finish everything before the deadline. Goodbye, free periods. Hello, hours of working on coursework.
I've never said this before, but I wish that the school was open on the weekend. Ugh, I can't believe I just said that.
Here's what I've got so far.
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| Here's the left page (except from that column on the right). |
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| And here's the right page (except that bit on the left). |
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