Update on RapCircus

In generalI have done a different layout for my Double page spread. Now I want to compare the two layouts, show them to different people and listen to what they say or what ideas they have.I did another layout, because I was playing around with the placement of the images and I liked what came out, so I took it a step further and finished another double page spread.

1st Layout

You have already seen this layout.It took a while till it was finished and in my opinion it shows a lot of Photoshop skills and follows the conventions of a music magazine.I showed to some people and they said that it does look professional, but Mr Aske said it could be better that is why I tried something different.

2nd Layout

This is the 2nd layout and as you can see it is very different to the first one. It doesn’t show that much Photoshop skills as the other one, but I really like the whole composition and mood that this piece has. The framing is also much more relaxed, because less is going on, but it still has a feel of depth, like the other layout.

I asked a friend, what he thinks about the second layout and he told that it looks really good, but not really like a music magazine. He said that it looks more like an article about a boxing event.So I went on Google images and had a look and there I saw that he was totally right the boxing poster and the Double page spread do have some similarities, like the two guys facing each other.So this might be a real problem, because the other layout is clearly supposed to be a music magazine and people recognize it as one.

ConclusionAfter a lot of thinking and advice taking and listening to other peoples opinions, I decided to change the first layout a bit and give it a bit more organisation, because that is what most of the people liked about the 2nd one.But I will upload the variant cover as well and you can comment and let me know what you think.

Final LayoutThe text in the bottom left is now in a column instead of following the outline of the text. To do that I had to cut some off the text, but that wont make much difference. I also isolated the text in the bottom right and brought the background images closer together, so you can see their faces a bit better.