Whilst creating my pages, I took into consideration all the things that my target audience said they would like to have seen in my magazine pages from the questionnaire that I created at the beginning of this task.
Strengths:
My magazine pages seemed to be very popular with my audience and I am pleased that I received such a positive response. I had many strengths with my pages, for example the first thing that the audience commented on was the image that I used for the main focal point on the front cover. The audience liked this as they said it reminded them of a real rock magaz
ine that they had read before. I thought this was positive feedback because if my front cover looked like something they had seen before, then it's likely that my pages fit well into the category of magazine that I was aiming to produce. Another thing that they audience liked about my front cover was that I used elements which made it look like a real magazine. For example, I created a 
sticker in photoshop and used it on the cover making it look like a typical convention from a real rock magazine page. With my contents page, I also received a lot of positive comments. For example, one person said that "the layout is very well done and not many colours are used which helps to keep it readable and looking professional". Others said similar things too, this helped to understand that when I decided to keep my colour scheme to a minimum of three or four colours, that I made the right choice. I purposely did this as I did not want the page to look too messy, otherwise it would start to look unprofessional. Also, people commented on the fonts that I used because they liked the way I kept the same font and just changed the colour or size to give it a bit of variation but also keep it looking good at the same time. For my double pa
ge spread, the audience also gave me some very positive feedback. Firstly, they liked the way I used my photos as I made them look like printed photographs and added them into the double page spread to help with the design. They also liked the main focal point of my double page spread, which was the image of the band on the bottom right side where I had created some
brush work in photoshop and layered the image over the top, which in their opinion looked "very stylish and professional".
ine that they had read before. I thought this was positive feedback because if my front cover looked like something they had seen before, then it's likely that my pages fit well into the category of magazine that I was aiming to produce. Another thing that they audience liked about my front cover was that I used elements which made it look like a real magazine. For example, I created a 
sticker in photoshop and used it on the cover making it look like a typical convention from a real rock magazine page. With my contents page, I also received a lot of positive comments. For example, one person said that "the layout is very well done and not many colours are used which helps to keep it readable and looking professional". Others said similar things too, this helped to understand that when I decided to keep my colour scheme to a minimum of three or four colours, that I made the right choice. I purposely did this as I did not want the page to look too messy, otherwise it would start to look unprofessional. Also, people commented on the fonts that I used because they liked the way I kept the same font and just changed the colour or size to give it a bit of variation but also keep it looking good at the same time. For my double pa
ge spread, the audience also gave me some very positive feedback. Firstly, they liked the way I used my photos as I made them look like printed photographs and added them into the double page spread to help with the design. They also liked the main focal point of my double page spread, which was the image of the band on the bottom right side where I had created some
brush work in photoshop and layered the image over the top, which in their opinion looked "very stylish and professional".Weaknesses:
Although my magazine received mainly positive feedback, there were some weak points too. Firstly, Some of the audience were not too sure about the font that I used for the magazine
name, However, I thought it was appropriate as it suited the rock theme and fitted well with the contrast of the other fonts that I used. The second thing that the audience did not like so much was the font colours on my double page spread. I had used a dark gradient for the background and then a blue colour for the question font and this did not work so well as the gradient became darker because it made the text less readable. The audience gave me a suggestion to improve by which I should make all of the text white and change the question font style so
that it's easier to read and there is still a recognisable difference between the question and the answer. This image makes it clear that the question text was quite hard to read once the gradient became dark and that I should make improvements to the pages before they were to be published, if it was for a real magazine.
name, However, I thought it was appropriate as it suited the rock theme and fitted well with the contrast of the other fonts that I used. The second thing that the audience did not like so much was the font colours on my double page spread. I had used a dark gradient for the background and then a blue colour for the question font and this did not work so well as the gradient became darker because it made the text less readable. The audience gave me a suggestion to improve by which I should make all of the text white and change the question font style so
that it's easier to read and there is still a recognisable difference between the question and the answer. This image makes it clear that the question text was quite hard to read once the gradient became dark and that I should make improvements to the pages before they were to be published, if it was for a real magazine. 
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