Self Assessment of Layout Exercise

This is a self assessment on the work I completed in my previous posts.

1. Have you just justified your decisions on your blog? I believe that along with the work I have analysed what I did. After each magazine I justified my decisions in lengthy paragraphs. I spoke about what I had chose to done and why I did it. This ensured that I did things for a reason and didn't just put things together for the point of finishing the magazine cover.

2. How could you enhance these blog entries based on peer-assessment? Based on my peer assessment I am going to make sure that I have included at least 3 cover lines along with the main cover line, a date line and a price. Colour choices are important so the font does not blend in with the main image - this ensures that it can be read. Font choices are also very important. They bring the magazine together and create coherence between the content, the artists and the magazine. Using the wrong font can mean the reader receives the wrong vibe from the magazine causing them to make the wrong judgment.

3. How could you plan to use these in the future? When it comes to the future I hope to use this task to fuel my decisions. I can use the mistakes I made to ensure I don't make them again. By focusing on layout in this task I have learnt the importance of good layout for a successful finish. The organisation of the page is critical to entice the reader and interact with them. With incorrect positioning of cover lines, images and other convention the reader will not be able to understand the cover and therefore relate with the magazines content and ethos. This task has taught me also that organisation of time is also important. As spending the right amount of time on each feature means that they are successful and work with each other. Spending too much time on one section can cause one to be let down and not work. Overall this task has shown me my failures and shown me what needs to be done and how I can do it.