Construction of DPS

I went for a very simple layout for the double page spread because it's good to be consistent with the clean, appealing impression that has been created since the front cover. An image will be placed at the left side of the model who was shown to be on the front page. The reason behind this decision is that by leaving a whole page for my made-up artist will ensure that he plays a dominant and significant role in the music industry. Also, during my research I found that most music magazines include only an image covering either side of the page, some with texts such as a quote around it or some even have maximum two images in small sizes, relating to the topic of article that is placed in columns on the other side of the page.

By placing the artist's name (in capitals, using a font that screams power) at the very top centre of the page will instantly catch the audience's view. 

The last few steps to get to the very end of completing my double page spread: I placed my logo and page number at the bottom right corner of the page that consists of only texts. Also, before placing the image to the left side of the image, I went ahead and edited this via Photoshop.

This is the final outcome of my DPS

To edit the image I chose from my contact sheets: First I cropped the top part of the image to get rid of the unnecessary white space. Then, I went onto Photoshop and used a few tools to do a few touch-ups. The screenshot above shows that I used the 'Spot healing brush tool' which gets rid of any blemishes on the face.This helps to make the image appear more professional because it was clear to me when looking through different music magazines that each and every image included always has a team of experts such as a photographer who also edits images. This can be linked to societies standards that in order to be attractive, you are required to have clear, smooth skin.

My second and final step was to brighten the area around the model's pupil. This is just to make his eyes 'pop out' even more because making it stand out is important especially because he is in direct contact with the audience.

The screenshot above is used as evidence to show that I have added the logo and the same page number that can also be seen on the contents page.

Before editing

After editing