Double Page Spread (Re-design)

By Debbie Onyemelukwe

The feedback I received was to re-design the first draft of the double page spread. This included changing the main image as it was too small and didn’t take up the whole page, to split the text into separate columns and use the original family image somewhere else on the page.

Upon acting on this feedback, I had to re-shoot the model, re-edit the image and change parts of the layout.

Feedback

Starting overAlthough I had to re-design my

double page spread, I wasn’t totally starting from scratch as I still had my

original spread (as seen in the top right hand corner) to use as

reference.

The biggest change I had to work with was the image alteration as this picture would now take up the whole page, limiting the amount of space I had to work with on the left page.

Using the original spread as a guide, the majority of change would be the layout, as the components within the

spread would stay the same.

Fixing the trousersSomehow during the photo shoot, both the

model and I managed to miss the fact the model’s flies were

undone. Having noticed this whilst completing my spread, the image

underwent some editing with the Clone Stamp Tool. I used this tool to

essentially colour in the parts that weren’t

supposed to be ‘open’. The trousers now look

normal and will not draw any negative

attention to the reader.

Arranging the other components

Having already had the article

title, leading text, the slug, the

actual article, the anchor and the

extra details at the bottom of the page, I played

around with the positions of where they all should be. The image to the left is an example

of one of the possible layouts I came across when

experimenting.

Adding the picturesAfter arranging the components of my spread onto the pages in an

appropriate way, I then opened four more family-orientated photos onto Photoshop. I had to resize them and cut them down to an appropriate

size and to do this I used the Crop Tool. This tool enabled me to choose the section of the image that I wanted to appear on my spread.

Choosing the size was rather important as I needed to think about the sizing in relation to the amount of space I had available.

Adding the frame

After cropping the images down to an appropriate size, the next step was to add the frame around them. This step took slightly longer as I needed to use the get the photos onto PowerPoint in order to use the frame effect it has. After applying the frame onto the images, I then copied and pasted them onto my page on Photoshop and arranged

them around the text.

The Family PictureThis was the original main double page spread image, however from receiving my feedback, it has now become yet another component

that is part of the whole spread. However, because it is the image that is most relevant to the article, I put it separate to the other, on top of

the main image on the left page to draw attention to it.

Adding the sellotapeI added the sellotape in order to give the

spread a creative sense. The sellotape along with the slant of the pictures gives the effect as if a person has pasted these pictures onto

the page.

I got this effect from using the Brush Tool and then loading the brushes that

are available on my school system. The one I chose was ‘Tape Tizzape’ which

gave me a variety of sellotape effects to choose

from.

The Conventional LayoutSlug

Image

Anchor

As demonstrated in the previous slide, the layout of my spread follow the classic ‘C’ shape magazine arrangement. The slug seen in the top right corner, the image on the left page and the anchor at the bottom right hand corner of the page are all situated in positions which correlate with the reader’s typical eye flow.

I decided to go with this convention as I broke the usual front cover convention with the gaze of the model looking down.

The Conventional Layout

The (Second) First Draft