Draft- Grade/Changes

After getting the feedback for my magazine i have realised that there is a lot of changes and improvements that i really want to make to all of the pages. The page that i want to change most is my contents page, i really do not like this page so i need to look into more styles of these to get more inspiration. On my double page spread i really like the layout, by having a picture on one half of the page and the article on the other half of the page i want to make some slight changes like the setting of the picture and look that the double page spread is giving off. My front cover needs work on the font, sizes and image, i think the layout is good because it doesn’t look too crammed but it doesn’t look too bare. Over all i would give myself a 2/3 as there is evidence of skills being used on photo shop but there is still a lot that can be improved.

Double Page Spread Draft

Draft Contents

Draft Front Cover

Double Page Spread Draft Article

As we sit in the little corner café on a busy afternoon in London Delilah starts tucking in to a full English breakfast preparing herself or the long busy day she has ahead. This very young artist has come from a girl singing in her local venues to becoming one of the countries most popular upcoming indie artists. We talk about what it’s like to have all this popularity in such a short space of time and working on her new stuff for her first UK tour to come later on in the year.

So Delilah, how does it feel to have got this far in such a short amount of time? From being spotted at one of your local venues to having people all across the country listening and being a fan of your music?

Honestly?  I don’t think it has quite hit home yet, I mean when you hear your self being played on the radio for the first time or you see your music video on TV it’s the most surreal feeling any artist could ever feel.

Of course it must be so strange to hear people introducing your song on the radio, what were your first thoughts that came in to your head when this first happened?

I thought is this really happening to me? I mean I came from a normal background as a child, I didn’t have a very privileged up bringing. I didn’t go to a fancy stage school to be taught by the countries best musicians and teachers. I taught my self to play all of the instruments that I can play so to have come this far with out any singing lessons or any music lessons, I cant really describe how I’m feeling right now!

Well it must be an incredible feeling seeing as you’re still young and especially young in the music industry. So at what age did you start getting interested in music and singing?

I’m going to be honest with you; I wasn’t much a fan of any kind of music up until about the age of 12 or 13. Most artists say they were in to music from a very young age like four or five, but really what do most kids know about music at that age? At the age that I started becoming interested in music I think that’s when you really know what genre of music you like and whether you are actually interested in it or not. After I started enjoying music I wanted to learn how to play different instruments, my parents always said I had a lovely voice but I didn’t realise I could sing till I started trying to write and sing my own songs.

Wow so you were not at all interested in music till your teens? When did you start writing your own music?

Not at all! It was something that never really interested me until I went to see one of my dad’s favourite bands with him when I was about 12. Well it was a while after I became interested in learning to play musical instruments. After I had learnt to play the guitar and the piano I wanted to have something to play along too which was my own so I started to write my own music, don’t get me wrong it took me a while to find the right topics to write about, the first handful were diabolical and still to this day make me cringe inside when I think about them! But like everything you improve after time and they started becoming a lot better and meaningful.

I would love to hear those first few songs that you wrote! Do you ever or did ever perform songs that you wrote when you were younger?

Those songs will never see the light of day again! When I was performing in local and small venues I use to use some of my earlier songs quite a lot, some of them I wasn’t a massive fan of but there was a bit more of a variety if I did. I think having a bit of variety within the songs you sing keeps the crowd more interested to what you have to give next and its also more fun performing different songs! One of my first ever song’s is still my favourite and will be included on the album.

Talking of the album, can you give us a tiny clue to when it will be released?

I can’t give an exact month yet, but hopefully around summer time. I would love to have it out by then, summer is my favourite time of year and the songs that I am working on at the moment would sound great around then. We will have to see! There is one thing I can tell you though, my first tour will be starting at the beginning of July.

That’s not long away then! Any special guests coming along on the tour with you?

Nope not long at all I can’t wait! I want to have new artists come with me on the tour, I would like to give people the chance that I had.

Well Delilah, thank you very much for making the time to be interviewed by Lithium magazine. We hope to see you again very soon as you tour and launch your first album!

Out of all of the text shots this is my favourite, I like this one because it’s the kind of photo that I want on the front cover my magazine. I like how Katie is looking directly at the camera and also how her lipstick stands out as she is dressed in black and white. The red lipstick and black and white clothing will go with the colour scheme that I want to use for the magazine. For the final photos i want the lighting to be much better so there is no shadowing on the image.

Test Shots

Test shots

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Simple Mock ups

Both of these covers are just very simple mock ups that I did to see what size of font, image and what colours I would want to use. On my cover I want the image in black and white with a white back ground and the font and other features in colour so they stand out from the image. With both of these images I like how close up they are without being just a facial image, leaving some room for the text also. There are three different types on fonts uses for the magazine name, artist name and other text. I like using different types of fonts so they stand out from each other but not overpowering each other.

Photo Inspiration

This photo is how I would like the front cover image to be shot, but just with a white background instead.  I really like the colours used in this image as it has a colour scheme with the brown and orange tones. With the image on the front of my magazine I would like there to be a noticeable colour scheme making the image and the cover look smart.