Creating a draft of a college magazine gave me the opportunity to learn about Photoshop and the various techniques which I could then apply to my music magazine. Compared to my music magazine, it is clear that this early draft has many blemishes. The page seems quite plain and empty, with no splash or puff to attract the reader. The house style only consists of two colours; green and purple which are not as eye-catching and attractive as three colours in the colour scheme. 

This is the final cover of my music magazine. Comparing this to the college magazine I first produced, there are clear differences for example I changed the house style from two colours to three after receiving feedback. There is much development of the techniques I used on Photoshop – I used more tools on the software such as the burn tool, I also found out how to airbrush the subject in my image.

It is clear that the college magazine is very plain, with a lot of space. I have used this space in my music magazine to display the main image as much as possible. The college magazine contents page is also very basic and not informative as contents pages should be, with no page numbers or any other story than the main ones displayed on the front. The college magazine content page is follows the same colour scheme which shows continuity. It lacks many features – those which are present are unevenly spaced. The layout and organisation of the magazine is incredibly important and it is visible that my skills using technology have progressed throughout the making of the final product. The feedback and ideas I have received have helped with the development of my learning and final outcome.