Preliminary Drawing of Double Page Spread

Following on from my research I now have begun to plan my double page spread picking aspects and features out from each different research material will enable me to have some sort of idea of how I want my double page spread to look like. Nevertheless, I will also experiment with different ideas and concepts in order to gain a design that will reach its full potential once completed.

In this particular design I have chosen to have one main picture spreading across both pages. The casual nature of the model laying down with his hands behind his head and his guitar off to the side really is an aspect of this idea I really like. However, the layout of the columns and quotes is all about jumbled and not in a uniformed many with equal distance of guttering and length of columns and so forth. I would perhaps consider having this positioning of a photo however, the entire layout of the article would need to be re considered.


This design to the right is one of my favourites as it includes everything I wanted to have when looking at the research therefore, hopefully reflects almost every aspect of a good conventional double page spread. The photo is spread across both pages however, this is something I may want to reconsider due to a lot of my research having only one main image on one page, also another issue is that the background may overpower the writing and not be clear enough to read. The 'D' in the background is another aspect that I really like and hopefully if I fade it and make it fairly transparent this shouldn't affect the clarity of the writing. The columns are all equal length and size aswell as the guttering something that was not present in the previous drawing. Pull quotes have been featured and the layout matches what I want in a design. The only aspect of this I do not like is the three pictures at the bottom of the left hand page, something I will probably not include in the final product.

Again like the very first design the image spread across to pages however, I do not like the fact that the image is so far away, this means that there isn't any aspect of it that draws some sort of concentration making the entire image appear very vague and not of any importance. Also alike the first design the columns/guttering/ are all over the page and do not hold some sort of uniformed structure therefore, all making it appear very messy. All in all a design that I will not consider using leaving me to choose the strongest design of the second idea.



IN CONCLUSION I WILL BE USING MY SECOND DESIGN IDEA AS I FEEL THIS IS THE MOST CLOSELY RELATED IDEA TO MY RESEARCH, THEREFORE, FOLLOWING THESE SPECIFIC FORMS AND CONVENTIONS WILL HOPEFULLY  HELP IT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL DESIGN