By Lee Brown

My School Front Cover

Draft 1Here is my first attempt at creating my

own cover. I have taken into

consideration the pros and cons of the

examples I found and researched and I

used this to design a cover that reaches

all of the specifications.

I have used a Grey background to give

the page an industrial feel. Also the grey

background makes the images and the

text stand out so that they are clearer to

see.

I have outlined the text in yellow and

blue to that it sticks to the school colour

scheme and it ties in with the logo. I

didn’t colour the whole text in a block

colour because it would look

unprofessional and would subtract from

the industrial feel that i am trying to get.

The Image that I have used is relevant

to the heading and that is why I have

chosen it.

Draft 2This time I asked for only improvements

and this is what I found:•Add a pug to make it fit the conventions even

more.

•Add a bar code

Taking into consideration all of the

improvements I decided to add a pug to

the top right hand side of the page. This

forced me to move the Issue number

and date so i found a space and placed

them there.

I also added a bar code to the bottom

right of the page as this is where the bar

code is usually found.

Draft 4The improvements this time were to:

•The Issue number and date should be

moved to cover up some more of the

free space.

•The text colour would be more readable

if it was in a lighter shade of grey.

•The splash should to be the same

colour as the mast head as it should

stand out more than the other headlines.

I moved the Issue number and date

underneath the pug as there was space

there. I decided to change the date to

the long form as it seemed to fit the

space better as well as it being easier to

read. This is also the reason why I

changed the date to a vertical format

rather than horizontal.

I changed the shade of the headlines so

they are clearer and I also made the

outline of the splash so that it is the

same colour as the mast head. This

makes it stand out more.

Draft 5- Final Design

My final improvements were to:

•Make the background image bigger

•Add more headlines

I made the background image larger so

that it minimized the amount of free

space, as the free space just makes a

page look boring.

With the rest of the free space i added

extra headlines so that they covered up

the boring background.

This is my final design and I am overall

impressed with my final outcome.