Pre-final Outcomes

 I took my teacher's advice and tried the Aesthetica approach, using a white border around the image, and changing the layout of the cover page.

I love how it turned out, it doesn't look busy at all, and focuses on the image, but doesn't sacrifice the coverlines, as they're placed at the bottom.

I went for a double contents page, because I wanted to incorporate more images into the magazine without them looking cluttered or squeezed into one page, so I used slim vertical frames in the left  to give the reader a sneak-peek at what the articles are about, without giving too much away. This makes the reader curious to know what's on the page.

For the double-page spread, my primary image is of a drawing I did, since I'm the featured artist. I think the stand-alone picture with the hook-quote on it is impactful, so the rest of the spread is more subdued to balance it out. However, I'll change the article font size and write in a more continuous way, rather than a Q&A section.